# deliver

Pronunciation: US say "di-LIV-ur" /dɪˈlɪvɚ/; UK say "di-LIV-uh" /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/

## Verb

1. To bring or transport something, such as mail, goods, or food, to its destination.
   - Simple: To take something to a place or person, like mail or food.
   - _The courier delivered the documents to the law office by noon._
   - _Local farms deliver produce directly to restaurants across the city._
2. To produce the result that is expected or required.
   - Simple: To do or give what people expect from you.
   - _The contractor promised results and delivered a finished kitchen two weeks early._
   - _Investors will abandon any startup that fails to deliver._
3. To express in words or speech; to declare or utter, as a speech, verdict, or line.
   - Simple: To say something to other people, often in a planned or formal way.
   - _The judge will deliver the verdict on Thursday morning._
   - _The comedian delivered the punchline with perfect timing._
4. To transfer possession or control of someone or something to another person or group.
   - Simple: To hand someone or something over to another person or group.
   - _The treaty required the rebels to deliver their weapons to the peacekeepers._
   - _The kidnappers demanded a ransom before delivering the hostage to his family._
5. To give a blow, kick, or shock, or to throw or bowl a ball.
   - Simple: To give out something with force, like a hit or a kick.
   - _The pitcher delivered a fastball low and inside._
   - _Stun guns deliver a brief electric shock on contact._
7. To help a woman or female animal give birth; to assist in the birth of a baby.
   - Simple: To help a baby be born, as a doctor or midwife does.
   - _The obstetrician has delivered more than a thousand babies over her career._
   - _Veterinarians sometimes deliver calves in the middle of the night._
8. To give birth to a child or other offspring.
   - Simple: To give birth to a baby or babies.
   - _After sixteen hours of labor, she delivered twins._
   - _Mares usually deliver their foals at night._
6. To set someone free from danger, captivity, or a burden; to rescue or release.
   - Simple: To save someone from danger or from something that holds them back or weighs on them.
   - _Nothing, it seemed, could deliver him from the dread that settled over him every Sunday night._
   - _Only a swift ransom could deliver the merchant from his captors._
9. To administer a drug to a patient or into the body.
   - Simple: To put medicine into a person's or animal's body.
   - _The implant delivers a steady dose of the hormone for up to three years._
   - _Inhalers deliver medication directly to the lungs._

## Verb

10. To reveal, disclose, or show; to make known. *(obsolete)*
   - Simple: To show something clearly or make it known to others.

## Adjective

11. Capable, agile, or active. *(archaic)*
   - Simple: Able to do things well, quick and skillful in the way you move, or full of energy.

## Origin

The Latin source is dē plus līberō, 'to set free'; that gave Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, which became Middle English deliveren.

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/deliver (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).