deliverde‧liv‧er /dɪˈlɪvə $ -ər/ ●●● S2 W2 verb 
The morning mail has just been delivered. Do you deliver on Saturdays?deliver something to somebody They set off to deliver supplies to an isolated village. I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.► see thesaurus at take2deliver a speech/lecture/address etc to make a speech etc to a lot of people: The king delivered a televised speech to the nation on November 5.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say give a speech/lecture/talk rather than deliver a speech/lecture/talk.3do something you should do [intransitive, transitive] to do or provide the things you are expected to, because you are responsible for them or they are part of your job: the costs of delivering adequate nursing care the failure of some services to deliver the goods (=do what they have promised) The company will deliver on its promises.4baby [transitive] to help a woman give birth to her baby, or to give birth to a baby: They rushed her to hospital where doctors delivered her baby.5blow/shock etc [transitive] to give something such as a blow, shock, or warning to someone or something: He delivered a strong warning about the dangers facing the government.6deliver a judgment/verdict to officially state a formal decision or judgment: The jury delivered a verdict of unlawful killing.7person [transitive] formal to put someone into someone else’s controldeliver somebody to somebody Sharett had betrayed him and delivered him to the enemy.8votes [transitive] especially American English to get the votes or support of a particular group of people in an election: He cannot deliver the Latino vote.9make somebody free of something [transitive] literary or biblical to help someone escape from something bad or evildeliver somebody from something ‘Deliver us from evil,’ she prayed.—deliverer noun [countable]deliver something ↔ up phrasal verb formal to give something to someone else: A bankrupt must deliver up all his books, papers and records.
WORD ORIGINdeliver
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French delivrer, from Latin liberare ‘to set free’VERB TABLE
deliver
| Simple Form | ||
| Present | I, you, we, they | deliver |
| he, she, it | delivers | |
| Past | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | delivered |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have delivered |
| he, she, it | has delivered | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had delivered |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will deliver |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have delivered |
| Continuous Form | ||
| Present | I | am delivering |
| he, she, it | is delivering | |
| you, we, they | are delivering | |
| Past | I, he, she, it | was delivering |
| you, we, they | were delivering | |
| Present perfect | I, you, we, they | have been delivering |
| he, she, it | has been delivering | |
| Past perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | had been delivering |
| Future | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will be delivering |
| Future perfect | I, you, he, she, it, we, they | will have been delivering |
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- As a boy, Ralph delivered newspapers on a bicycle.
- Ask if the pizza place delivers.
- Budget cuts have affected the state's ability to deliver the services citizens expect.
- Do you think she will be able to deliver the goods?
- Election candidates frequently promise a lot more than they can deliver.
- Ford, a Democrat, is able to deliver the black vote in his hometown of Memphis.
- How soon can you deliver?
- If the animal ignores the command, the collar delivers a mild shock.
- If your order is ready, it will be delivered to you tomorrow.
- Julia's third child had to be delivered by caesarean section.
- Mrs. Arnold is due to deliver a baby girl in April.
- Our family doctor delivered the baby.
- Rev. Whitman delivered a powerful sermon.
- The birth was so quick that my husband had to deliver the baby himself.
- The packed courtroom was hushed as the jury delivered their verdict.
- The Prime Minister's economic development strategy has not delivered the promised benefits.
- Traditionally, local midwives would deliver all the babies in the area.
- Unfortunately the package was delivered to the wrong address.
- Yet again the management has failed to deliver on its promise to provide extra staff training.
- Your computer will be delivered between 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.
- And the new genre of populist politicians will have to deliver far more than free elections.
- Attention switched to the new Coronations then being delivered, and the other six Vambacs failed to materialise.
- I know that my father was required by his parents to drown the kittens that the family cat would periodically deliver.
- In reality the service is more likely to concentrate on delivering wall-to-wall feature films, interactive games and e-shopping.
- John delivered a funny little speech.
- Yeb's big hand closes around mine, and we wait in strangled silence to be delivered.
THESAURUS
to move or go with someone or something from one place to another: · Don’t forget to take your keys.· Shall I take you home?· I took Alice a cup of tea.
to take someone or something to the place where you are now: · We’ve brought someone to see you!· Will you bring your photos with you when you come?
to take large quantities of goods from one place to another in a plane, train, ship etc: · The plane is used for transporting military equipment.· The coal was transported by rail.
to take goods, letters, newspapers etc to someone’s home or office: · Unfortunately, the package was delivered to the wrong address.
to take someone or something somewhere by plane: · The bread is specially flown in from Paris.
to take goods from one place to another – this can be by ship, truck, plane, or train: · Half the whisky is shipped to Japan and the US.
to take people or goods somewhere – used especially when saying how many people or things, or what kind: · The new plane can carry up to 600 passengers.· The ship was carrying a full cargo of oil.
to take someone to a place by going in front of them: · He led Julia through the house to his study.· Roland led the way back to the car in silence.
to take someone to a place and show them the way: · Emily guided him through a side gate into a large garden.
to take someone to a place and protect or guard them: · The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.· The singer was escorted by her assistant and her bodyguard.
to politely lead someone somewhere and show them where to go, especially because it is your job to do this: · We were ushered into the lift by a man in uniform.
Longman Language Activatorto help with the birth of a baby · Our family doctor delivered the baby.· The birth was so quick that my husband had to deliver the baby himself.· Julia's third child had to be delivered by caesarean section.
to do something that has already been planned or ordered to do something that has been planned or that someone has asked you to do: carry out tests/research/a search etc: · Police are carrying out a thorough search of the area.· Technicians carried out extensive tests on the equipment.carry out somebody's orders/instructions/wishes: · If my instructions had been carried out, the accident would not have happened.carry out a threat/promise: · The terrorists carried out their threat and shot two of the hostages.
formal to do something that you have carefully planned or that you have agreed to do - used especially in official, legal, or business contexts: · We will not be able to execute the programs without more funding.· The directors make the decisions, but it's the managers who have to execute them.· The goal of landing people on Mars will not be an easy one to execute.
formal to do something after an official decision has been made that it should be done: implement a plan/a proposal/recommendations/policy etc: · We need a strategy that can be implemented quickly.· Very few parties in government ever want to implement major political reform.· An international team has been set up to implement recent UN recommendations.
if you put an idea or something you have learned into practice, you use it in your work or in your life, and you find out if it is effective: · The office has been slow to put the new proposals into practice.· A lot of these modern theories about teaching sound really good until you actually try and put them into practice.
informal to successfully do what other people have asked you to do or expect you to do - used especially in business: · What the country needs is an economic and political system capable of delivering the goods.· When the company's director failed to come up with the goods, he was out.
to do what you promised to do · She was crying because she thought he had not kept his promise.· Respect your teenager's privacy. If you promise not to tell her father, keep your word.keep your promise/word to do something · The government has kept its promise to cut taxes, but this has meant cuts in services, too.
to do or provide what you promised, especially in politics or business when people are uncertain whether you can do this: · Election candidates frequently promise a lot more than they can deliver.· The Prime Minister's economic development strategy has not delivered the promised benefits.deliver on a promise: · Yet again the management has failed to deliver on its promise to provide extra staff training.deliver the goods (=do or provide what you have promised): · Do you think she will be able to deliver the goods?
British /fulfill American formal to do what you have promised to do or what you must do, especially in politics or business: fulfil a pledge/promise/commitment: · Eisenhower finally fulfilled his campaign pledge to end the war in Korea.· In the ROTC program, students fulfill a service commitment after college, in return for a scholarship from the Army or Navy.fulfil a duty/mission: · The general did not have confidence that the Fourth Fleet would be able to fulfil its mission.
to faithfully keep an earlier promise or agreement although there may now be reasons for not keeping it: · Despite his family's opposition, Jake stood by his promise to marry her.· How could she stick to the agreement now that everything had changed so drastically?· I stand by what I said during the campaign.
use this when you are impressed with someone for doing what they promised to do: · The President promised to lower income taxes, and he's been as good as his word.
to do what you promised to do as part of an agreement in which both sides promised to do something: · The strike has ended. The employers must now keep their side of the bargain and increase overtime pay.
to make sure that someone does what they have promised to do: · Parents and teachers need to agree on goals for students, and hold them to it.· Government officials need to be held to their promises.
to take someone or something from one place to another to have someone or something with you when you go to another place: · Don't forget to take your keys.· I've started taking a packed lunch to work to save money.take somebody/something to/out/into/home etc: · "Where's Dan?" "He's taken the car to the garage."· I can't stop, I've got to take the kids to school.· She was taken straight into the emergency room when we arrived.· Would you like me to take you home?· Are we allowed to take library books home with us?take somebody something: · I took Alice a cup of tea.take somebody/something with you: · Did he take the camera with him?· Take the dogs with you if you're going for a walk.
if someone brings a person or thing to the place where you are, they have that person or thing with them when they come: · I brought my Nikes - they're about the only decent shoes I have.· We've brought someone to see you!bring somebody to/into/out/home etc: · Everyone's bringing a bit of food and a bottle to the party.· When are you going to bring him in for his injections?· The only time we use the VCR is when they bring Joey to our house.· I brought some work home and tried to get it finished in the evening.bring somebody something: · Robert asked the waiter to bring him the check.bring somebody/something with you: · I hope he hasn't brought his brother with him.· Is it okay if I bring some clothes with me to wash?
to move large quantities of goods or large numbers of people from one place to another, especially over a large distance: · The plane is used for transporting military personnel.transport somebody/something to/from/across etc: · The company transports meat across the country in refrigerated containers.· Raw materials were transported to Phoenix from the reservations. · The incident raised concerns about the safety and security of nuclear weapons being transported through Europe.
to take letters, newspapers, goods etc to someone's home or office: · Your computer will be delivered between 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.· How soon can you deliver?deliver something to somebody/something: · If your order is ready, it will be delivered to you tomorrow. · Unfortunately the package was delivered to the wrong address.
to take someone to a place and make sure they cannot escape or that they arrive there safely: escort somebody to/into/out etc: · The prisoner was escorted into the room by two police officers.· The guards escorted them to a waiting helicopter.· After he was sacked, he was escorted discreetly from the building by two senior managers.
if the police, guards, or people who are looking after someone whisk someone away they take them away from a place very quickly, especially in a car: · He refused to talk to reporters and was whisked away by the authorities to an undisclosed location. · Two police officers stood outside, waiting to whisk her away as soon as she came out.
to take someone from one place to another in a car or other road vehicle: drive somebody to/from/home etc: · The terrorists forced Mr Grey to drive them to the airport.· Tyson declined to give any comment to reporters and was driven away by a friend.· She didn't really want to drive herself to the doctor, so I said I'd take her.· Wayne usually drives Patti home from class because they live quite close to each other.
to take people or goods from one place to another by plane: fly somebody/something to/from/back etc: · His company flew him to Rio to attend the conference.· I'm not allowed to fly visitors into the National Park area without permission.· Medical equipment and food are being flown into the areas worst hit by the disaster.
to take goods a long distance to another place in a ship , plane, truck or train, so that they can be used or sold: ship something to/from/back etc: · About half of the whisky produced in Scotland is shipped to Japan and the US.· I'm a manufacturer, and I ship electronic goods across the Mexican border, so the new levies will definitely affect my business.
if a ship, plane, train, or road vehicle carries people or goods, it takes them from one place to another: · Air India carried 1.66 million passengers last year.· The Jeep was carrying six men from the artillery brigade. Only one survived.carry somebody/something to/from/across etc: · The ship was carrying a cargo of oil from Kuwait to Japan.· The train was carrying passengers from Moscow to St Petersburg.
WORD SETSafterbirth, nounantenatal, adjectiveartificial insemination, nounbaby blues, nounbarren, adjectivebarrier method, nounbear, verbbirth control, nounbreast-feed, verbbreech birth, nouncaesarean, nouncap, nounchildbearing, nounchildbirth, nounconceive, verbconfinement, nouncontraception, nouncontraction, nounC-section, noundeliver, verbdelivery, noundiaphragm, nounDutch cap, nounembryo, nounembryology, nouneugenics, nounfamily planning, nounfertility, nounfertility drug, nounfertilize, verbfetal, adjectivefetus, nounfoetal position, nounfoetus, nounfull-term, adjectivegestation, noungonad, nounincubator, nouninduce, verbinduction, nouninfant mortality rate, nouninfertile, adjectiveIUD, nounIVF, nounmaternal, adjectivematernity, nounmidwife, nounmidwifery, nounmilk, nounmiscarriage, nounmiscarry, verbmorning-after pill, nounmorning sickness, nounmother-to-be, nounmum-to-be, nounnatal, adjectivenatural, adjectivenatural childbirth, nounneuter, verbnurse, verbobstetrics, nounoral contraceptive, nounoviduct, nounovulate, verbovum, nounperinatal, adjectivepostnatal, adjectivepreemie, nounpregnancy, nounpregnant, adjectivepremature, adjectivepresentation, nounprocreate, verbproduce, verbquickening, nounreproduce, verbreproduction, nounreproductive, adjectiverhythm method, nounspay, verbsterile, adjectivesterilize, verbstillbirth, nounstillborn, adjectivestretch mark, nounsurrogate mother, nounswaddle, verbswaddling clothes, nountermination, nountest-tube baby, nountrimester, nounultrasound, nounumbilical cord, noununborn, adjectivewean, verbzygote, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRY I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday. the failure of some services to deliver the goods (=do what they have promised) The company will deliver on its promises. Sharett had betrayed him and delivered him to the enemy.COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES Both her children were born by caesarean section. His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series. The vicar gave a sermon on charity.
I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday. the failure of some services to deliver the goods (=do what they have promised) The company will deliver on its promises. Sharett had betrayed him and delivered him to the enemy. (=help a woman to give birth to a baby)· Usually your baby will be delivered by a midwife.
· Opinion polls delivered a nasty blow to the Tory leader.
Both her children were born by caesarean section. His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series.· The postman had just delivered the mail.
(=give someone a message from someone else)· I asked Rob if he would pass on a message for me.
(=give a performance)· Both actors turn in great performances.· In the role of Carmen, Ms Leblanc delivered a quite exquisite performance.
· A group of pensioners went to London to present the petition.
formal (=hit someone)· Who actually delivered the punch that killed the man?
The vicar gave a sermon on charity. formal· The president delivered a major speech to Congress yesterday.
(=officially give someone an ultimatum)· The authorities issued an ultimatum to the students to end their protest or face arrest.
(=officially say what a verdict is)· The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'unlawful killing'.
(=give a public warning)· The chairman sounded a warning that jobs could be lost.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· They are judged, not for intellectual elegance but for their ability to deliver.· His ability to deliver is simply running out.· The charter's real test is its ability to deliver its objectives and redress any failures.· His power was based on his ability to deliver the Cook County vote.· My comfort in all this is the staff's professionalism and ability to deliver in these areas.· With that mind-set, everything else becomes secondary to the ability to deliver the next quarterly earnings push-up.· Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants.· Being asked to deliver these services is a tremendous vote of confidence by Ministers in our ability to deliver.
· She attended Wellesley College where she was the first student to deliver the graduation address.· In January 1961, Eisenhower delivered his farewell address.· But after their three-hour presentation, Ranieri rose to deliver the closing address.· It wasn't Rudy intention to play the role of the Gipper or deliver an address like Lincoln at Gettysburg.· Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.· Clinton appeared unruffled by the last-minute hitch, delivering his hour-long address in a crisp and fluid style.
· He said he feared carrying and delivering a baby would kill her.· This is where Madonna delivered her baby.· André has just delivered the third baby this week.· Marge Owen had delivered a healthy baby girl.· I've delivered two still-born babies, but no one has ever died in my hands.· It was my grandmother who delivered the baby.· Athletes who have trained normally through the first two trimesters have delivered normal babies. 4.· After delivering a baby by caesarean section, Dougherty was given medication for what appeared to be normal postoperative pain.
· Furthermore, its flexibility and power of movement are considerably greater, so that less power is needed to deliver a blow.· She stood her ground and got an almighty shove from Vassily, who smiled at me apologetically as he delivered the blow.· Government forces delivered a critical blow to the rebels on March 7 when the Defence Ministry's communication links were severed.· By the late 1880s there was nothing terribly mysterious about getting a steam hammer to deliver a blow of so many tons.· Our final rehearsal before Farnham, however, delivered the cruellest blow so far.· When he delivered his last blow, he avoided my face, and looked worried.· He had not delivered the fatal blows, he had not pulled the trigger.· That could deliver a severe financial blow to the county.
· This rejects the philosophy that the market can deliver health or community care efficiently, effectively or fairly.· However, health authorities and family practitioner authorities are keen on the idea of generic teams delivering patch-based care.· The intention was that managers should provide a positive and supportive climate for professionals to deliver health care.· Governments around the world must spend more on the systems needed to actually deliver health care.· Most of the countries concerned will need a radically reorganized system for delivering primary health care.· It is organising the service, delivering high-quality care and using manpower and finance to the best possible effect.
· Inevitably, therefore, the government fails to deliver the goods as demanded, as expected, and sometimes even as promised.· But the scoreboards are a continuing reminder they have to make it work, and deliver the goods.· Being a dedicated tough cookie, he has delivered the goods in impressive manner.· The only problem was delivering the goods.· But in the final hour he did deliver the goods, taking impromptu questions from the audience.· For years almost all the research on ability grouping and tracking has demonstrated that it does not deliver the goods as promised.· If Hariri can deliver the goods, it could soon look whole again.· The ring leaders, using runners to deliver their goods on the streets, sold about 100 phones each month.
· I have already, before delivering this judgment, heard argument about the precise form of the order.· It is up to the people considering the planning application to deliver a judgment on the assessment.
· Moxie had early detected Ned smuggling in a bottle of whisky, and had delivered a chastening lecture.· He has done all but deliver the lecture.· I must have delivered hundreds of lectures, pep-talks, addresses, speeches, and organized many others.· Mr Delors was at the London School of Economics, less than a mile away, delivering a lecture.· In 1962 she had to deliver the Huxley lecture seated and the next year was her last in the field.· Apart from his lectures at Woolwich, he delivered a course of lectures on the horse at Guy's Hospital in 1817.· The acolyte Rizla clears his throat to deliver the lecture.
· How and why is it intended that the Vendor's liability should be increased by delivering an inaccurate Disclosure Letter?· I did you a small service once by delivering a letter.· Then, one bright windy morning, the postman was out delivering letters when he gasped in astonishment.· He delivered the letters and ran a little bit of a farm he owned, whilst his wife looked after the Post Office.· If we can not deliver a letter or packet for any reason, we will attempt to return it to you.· On the day the King died, just before dusk, an unknown messenger had delivered a letter at the gate.· Blattern should not pass by the gate again without delivering any letters.
· I've delivered the message, and I've received your answer.· Another group of medications neutralizes the enzymes that normally break down dopamine after it delivers its chemical message.· Its marketers are fabled for delivering feel-good messages.· She went to Whitehall in London and waited for an opportunity to deliver her message.· With an album, you can deliver a deeper message.· We deliver our messages with the way we play the game.· Such messages are relayed through automatic dialling machines to random or pre-selected telephone numbers and deliver a sales message without human intervention.· Firms must find the right way to deliver their message.
· However, looking at individual funds, only a few have delivered above average performance over one and five years.· If so, individual assignments will deliver both performance and change.· The industry has matured steadily over the last few years to the point that most established ISPs deliver reasonable performance and service.· At age 35, Lewis delivered a performance that should have had every athlete shaking his or her head in admiration.· The quality framework is much more about how we are going to deliver a highly competitive performance to ensure business success.· Linney delivers a dynamic performance, which garnered her a recent Golden Globe nomination.· Real teams are the best avail-able vehicle for small groups of people who must deliver both performance and behavior change.· Wilkens delivers a show-stopping performance as the batty Madame Arcati.
· Salmonella is endemic in chickens and their eggs because the broiler system delivers cheaper poultry products.· Or the fact Florida high schools are permitted to conduct spring football camps that deliver him more finished products, they speculate.· It plans to announce and begin delivering product to customers by the beginning of next month.· Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer, which will deliver the products.· The argument is often made that what is required is applied research to deliver products and processes directly to industry.· There the young workaholic did everything from sharpening his own saw to delivering the product in a two-wheeled handcart.· They simply deliver their product online.
· It will deliver the promises made in the citizens charter to extend the powers of the four regulators of the privatised utilities.· And then Sheila went to work to make sure she could deliver on the Big Promise.· And in this vacuum of ignorance, terrible practices have been tolerated because they delivered the promise of cheap food.· But Comcast has made the investment and delivered on its promise.· The bank and the fund are also confronted with pressing questions about their ability to deliver their promises.· Now, the company is poised to deliver on the promise it has used to leverage its future during research and development.· He has yet to deliver on promises such as welfare reform, an overhaul of campaign financing or a balanced budget.· Will he deliver on his promise?
· His task force is set to deliver its report any day now.· The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.· Finally the letter must confirm the agreed date by which the report will be delivered.· In a long blue-envelope letter to Dominy, dated February 3, 1965, Stamm delivered his report.· Ouko had been about to deliver the report to President Moi on the weekend he died.· Or set it to deliver reports on basketball but not baseball.· She sat with us on the podium and the chairman delivered her annual report.· The commission was due to deliver its report in mid-1991.
· The archbishop fled to Canterbury where he proceeded to deliver sermons and issue pamphlets against the crown's infringement of clerical privileges.· Television actor Craig Nelson likes taking ministers to car races to deliver sermons at the track.· Later that month, the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining.· And when the rector took to the pulpit he delivered sermons brimming with moral admonition.· A vicar preached his way into the record books when he delivered a sermon lasting 28 hours and 45 minutes.
· This is particularly true for staff engaged in delivering a service.· We can deliver from room service for $ 4 a bag.· Mr. Thurnham Does my hon. Friend agree that voluntary groups and private providers can efficiently deliver services for the disabled?· The asset received in exchange for goods delivered or services per-formed is most often cash or an account receivable.· Companies may become less willing to deliver services that do not contribute adequately to accounts and balance sheets.· It shows that in most cases, private firms deliver services more economically than public organizations.· Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants.
· In Webb there is only one speech, delivered by Lord Keith.· Never mind that he had a speech to deliver.· A major speech had to be delivered.· Still, it was superior to the acceptance speech delivered by Clinton two weeks later in Chicago.· And the acceptance speech he delivered at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia last week was a success.· She felt sick as she made a brief speech which was delivered in a rapid monotone.· Despite all this, Kennan was upset when he read the speech Truman was to deliver to the Congress.
· In practice, of course, few paper systems delivered all these benefits but they were the rationale behind their maintenance.· Salmonella is endemic in chickens and their eggs because the broiler system delivers cheaper poultry products.· They delivered our current number system.· They also differ in the nature of the system which would deliver that which is desired.· Governments around the world must spend more on the systems needed to actually deliver health care.· The system efficiently delivered the rapid reaction force it was designed to produce.· As always such a system was seen to deliver distinctive moral benefits.· Most of the countries concerned will need a radically reorganized system for delivering primary health care.
· Robin delivers the first verdict on it's performance.· The foreman, a young man with glasses, delivered the verdict forms, which were read by the clerk.· The jury delivered the not guilty verdicts on the fourth day of the trial.· Letters delivered a verdict of innocence.· After a morning of legal debate the jury returned to deliver formal verdicts after direction by Mr Justice Auld.· Dyson sat back and put his finger-tips together, as if about to deliver his verdict.· After initial indecision, the inquest jury delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
VERB· Inevitably, therefore, the government fails to deliver the goods as demanded, as expected, and sometimes even as promised.· In reality, integration failed to deliver the promised advantages and had severe disadvantages.· Congress rhetoric had raised their expectations, but state practice had failed to deliver.· The Eastern Expo always has its raptor fans, and never fails to deliver for them.· He challenged anyone to say where the unions had failed to deliver the goods.· But it has failed to deliver the real improvements the electorate want.· But this has failed to deliver results because each dismissed government has been replaced by a yet more irresponsible one.· That is the guarantee for which people are looking and which the Government appear to be failing to deliver.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRYPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► send/deliver something express
1take something somewhere [intransitive, transitive] to take goods, letters, packages etc to a particular place or person: - All the staff of the company director delivered a speech.
- But the spectre of delivering a speech brown-nosing the teachers jammed her imagination.
- Fidel Castro delivering speeches in the fields and plazas.
- It wasn't Rudy intention to play the role of the Gipper or deliver an address like Lincoln at Gettysburg.
- Mr Delors was at the London School of Economics, less than a mile away, delivering a lecture.
- After initial indecision, the inquest jury delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
- It is up to the people considering the planning application to deliver a judgment on the assessment.
- Letters delivered a verdict of innocence.
- Neil Young's annual fall concert always delivers the goods with famous musicians and good music.
The morning mail has just been delivered. Do you deliver on Saturdays?deliver something to somebody They set off to deliver supplies to an isolated village. I’m having some flowers delivered for her birthday.► see thesaurus at take2deliver a speech/lecture/address etc to make a speech etc to a lot of people: The king delivered a televised speech to the nation on November 5.RegisterIn everyday English, people usually say give a speech/lecture/talk rather than deliver a speech/lecture/talk.3do something you should do [intransitive, transitive] to do or provide the things you are expected to, because you are responsible for them or they are part of your job: the costs of delivering adequate nursing care the failure of some services to deliver the goods (=do what they have promised) The company will deliver on its promises.4baby [transitive] to help a woman give birth to her baby, or to give birth to a baby: They rushed her to hospital where doctors delivered her baby.5blow/shock etc [transitive] to give something such as a blow, shock, or warning to someone or something: He delivered a strong warning about the dangers facing the government.6deliver a judgment/verdict to officially state a formal decision or judgment: The jury delivered a verdict of unlawful killing.7person [transitive] formal to put someone into someone else’s controldeliver somebody to somebody Sharett had betrayed him and delivered him to the enemy.8votes [transitive] especially American English to get the votes or support of a particular group of people in an election: He cannot deliver the Latino vote.9make somebody free of something [transitive] literary or biblical to help someone escape from something bad or evildeliver somebody from something ‘Deliver us from evil,’ she prayed.—deliverer noun [countable]deliver something ↔ up phrasal verb formal to give something to someone else: A bankrupt must deliver up all his books, papers and records.