deliver

Verb

Verb Forms: delivered, delivering, delivers

• To bring goods, letters, or people to an intended recipient.
• deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)
• bring to a destination, make a delivery
  • "our local super market delivers"
• to surrender someone or something to another
  • "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"
• free from harm or evil
• hand over to the authorities of another country
• pass down
  • "deliver a judgment"
• utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)
  • "The students delivered a cry of joy"
• save from sins
• carry out or perform; ,
  • "deliver an attack"
  • "deliver a blow"
• relinquish possession or control over
• throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball
  • "The pitcher delivered the ball"
• cause to be born
• To set free from restraint or danger.
• Senses having to do with birth.
• To assist in the birth of.
• Senses having to do with birth.
• To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
• Senses having to do with birth.
• To give birth to.
• To free from or disburden of anything.
• To bring or transport something to its destination.
• To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
• To produce what is expected or required.
• To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
• To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
• To discover; to show.
• To administer a drug.

Adj

• Capable, agile, or active.

Examples

• deliver a package
• deliver a speech
• deliver on a promise
• deliver the mail
• deliver the thief to the police
• He hoped his next play would DELIVER a high score and a win.
• she delivered a baby boy yesterday
• the doctor delivered the baby
• the doctor is expected to deliver her of a daughter tomorrow
• the duchess was delivered of a son
• The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
• to deliver a blow

Synonyms

bear, birth, cede, deport, drive home, extradite, fork out, fork over, fork up, give birth, give up, hand over, have, pitch, present, redeem, render, rescue, return, save, surrender, turn in, come through, come up with the goods, free, liberate, loose, outbring, release, rid, utter