deliververb
uk/dɪˈlɪv.ər/us/dɪˈlɪv.ɚ/deliver verb (TAKE)
B1 [ T ] to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work:
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- Shops which will deliver goods are thin on the ground these days.
- "What would be the best time of day for us to deliver the table?" "Oh, any time will be OK."
- For a nominal fee, they will deliver orders to customers' homes.
- We get our milk delivered.
- The documents were delivered by special messenger.
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Transferring and transporting objects
- bearer
- borne
- bring
- budge
- bus
- call for sb
- drop
- ferry
- freight
- pick sb/sth up
- put sb down somewhere
- road haulage
- route
- spirit
- tear 1
- tear sb away
- tote
- transfer
- transport
- transportation
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deliver verb (GIVE)
B2 [ T ] to give, direct, or aim something:
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- The actor delivered his speech in a silken voice.
- The Governor of New York delivered a rousing speech to the national convention.
- She delivered her speech with tremendous wit and verve.
- She delivered a rousing speech full of anger and passion.
- He rose to his feet to deliver his speech.
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Giving, providing and supplying
- accommodate
- accord
- administer
- administration
- assignment
- award
- dish
- go round (somewhere)
- hand sth around
- hand sth back
- hand sth in
- hand sth out
- invest
- lay
- spare
- stake sb to sth
- step
- step forward
- supplier
- supply
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deliver verb (PRODUCE)
C1 [ I or T ] to achieve or produce something that has been promised:
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- He promises a lot but can he deliver?
- Critics claim that the government has failed to deliver on all its pre-election promises.
- As far as housing is concerned, the council has failed to deliver.
- What they promise sounds impressive enough - let's see if they can deliver.
- The company has not delivered on its promise to invest in training.
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Succeeding, achieving and fulfilling
- accomplish
- achieve
- acquit
- actualize
- attain
- bear
- go (off) without a hitch idiom
- go places idiom
- go the whole hog idiom
- grade
- groove
- have the last laugh idiom
- kill
- rise
- sew sth up
- somewhere
- stand out
- streak ahead
- succeed
- sunset
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deliver verb (GIVE BIRTH)
[ T ] to (help) give birth to a baby:
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Obstetrics: birth
- antenatal
- birth defect
- born
- born
- breech
- C-section
- caesarean
- childbirth
- contraction
- delivery
- give birth idiom
- induce
- maternity ward
- midwifery
- obstetric
- posh
- prenatal
- puerperal
- rooming-in
- section
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deliver verb (SAVE)
[ T ] formal to save someone from a painful or bad experience:
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Preserving and saving
- a knight in shining armour idiom
- conserve
- guardian angel
- keep
- keep sth up
- knight
- life-saver
- lifeguard
- maintain
- reclaim
- recyclable
- recycling
- salvage
- salvation
- save
- save sb's bacon/neck idiom
- save your own skin/hide idiom
- saved by the bell idiom
- saviour
- spare
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