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deliver

de·liv·er [ di lívvər ] (past and past participle de·liv·ered, present participle de·liv·er·ing, 3rd person present singular de·liv·ers)


verb 
Definition:
 
1. carry something to somebody: to take something such as mail, goods that have been bought, or a message to a person or an address

2. transitive verb help baby to be born: to give medical help to a baby human or animal when it is being born

3. transitive verb produce baby: to give birth to a baby ( often passive )

4. transitive verb make speech: to make a speech or give a talk to an audience

5. transitive verb announce something: to announce something formally such as an opinion, decision, or judgment
The jury delivered its verdict.

6. transitive verb throw ball: to toss or throw a ball to somebody or at something

7. transitive verb inflict blow: to inflict a blow on somebody or something

8. intransitive verb do thing promised: to do what has been promised
He has yet to deliver anything that was promised in his speeches.

9. transitive verb politics achieve support for somebody: to organize and obtain the support of a place or people for a candidate or political party ( informal )

10. transitive verb provide something: to provide or produce something
Note the total dosage of antibiotics delivered.

11. transitive verb release somebody: to free or save somebody from captivity, hardship, or evil ( literary )

12. transitive verb give somebody something: to hand somebody or something over to somebody else
You have 48 hours to deliver the payment.

[13th century. Via French délivrer< Latin deliberare "free completely" < liberare (see liberate)]

de·liv·er·a·bil·i·ty [ di lìvvərə bíllətee ] noun
de·liv·er·er noun
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