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to deliver

to deliver

313 3.0
To hand someone or something to another person, an authority
  • verb
  • /dɪˈlɪvər/
  • Formal
translation icon : entregar
  • We've promised to deliver Thomopolis ten million dollars, Friday at 6:00 p.m.

You will stutter, step alongside and hand deliver the pie to the Pope.

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Examples

  • Practice nurses are on the front line for delivering care to diabetics.

    Academic text (2012)

  • I sent a guy to deliver the package.

    Heat (1995)

  • We make the core central purpose of what we do to deliver value to people's lives.

  • Many used educational technology to deliver part or all of the instruction.

    Academic text (2015)

  • He will deliver the package to your office by noon.

  • Please deliver this message to the manager as soon as possible.

  • The courier is on his way to deliver the documents to the client.

Synonyms

to give
vsto deliver
∞ 1.0

To hand something to someone, for example a present

is specifically the formal handing to an authority rather than a general offering
to pass
vsto deliver
755 1.0

To give something to another person

is specifically a formal handing to another person or an authority rather than casual passing
to surrender
vsto deliver
722 4.4

To stop fighting and give control or things to someone else, often when forced

is the formal transfer to authority but not necessarily forced or coerced
to send out
vsto deliver
376 1.8

Cause something to go to other people or places

is the specific formal act of handing to an authority rather than arranging dispatch
to give up
vsto deliver
363 2.3

To hand a job or control you have to someone else

is the formal act of handing to authority rather than voluntary personal relinquishment
to hand over
vsto deliver
296 2.8

Give something to someone because you have to

is the formal act of giving something to an authority rather than informally transferring it
to turn in
vsto deliver
291 3.3

To give a person or thing to the police

is the formal handing to authority, not just submitting paperwork or reports
to turn over
vsto deliver
248 3.2

Give a person or thing to someone else to look after

focuses on formally giving items or people to an authority rather than casual care
to pass on
vsto deliver
134 2.7

To give something to another person, often information or a message

is focused on formal handover to authority rather than general transfer or communication
to render
vsto deliver
53 3.9

To give something to another person or authority, often formally

focuses on formally handing items or people to authority rather than offering services
to extradite
vsto deliver
  • Formal
42 8.5

To send a person wanted for a crime to another country to face trial

is a wider formal handover to authority, not only cross-border legal transfer
to hand in
vsto deliver
41 2.5

Give a document, for example an assignment, to someone in charge

is broader, covering formal handover of objects or people as well as documents
to cede
vsto deliver
  • Formal
39 8.2

To officially give control, ownership or rights to someone else

is a general formal handover and not limited to territory or political power
to hand off
vsto deliver
  • US
22 3.7

Give responsibility, control, or an object to another person

is the formal handover to an authority rather than an informal passing of duty
to sign over
vsto deliver
  • Formal
18 4.9

Give ownership of something to another person by signing papers

covers formal handing to authority but not only legal ownership transfers by signature
to convey
vsto deliver
  • Formal
6 5.5

To officially give property or rights to someone

is the act of handing items to authority, not limited to legal ownership changes
to pass-back
vsto deliver
1 3.4

Give something back to the person who had it

is a formal transfer to authority rather than a simple return to a previous holder
to consign
vsto deliver
1 7.0

Give something to another person or place to keep safe

is about formal transfer to authority rather than temporary safekeeping arrangements

Antonyms

to retain
236 3.4

To keep having something such as a job or possession

to withhold
210 5.1

Refuse to give something someone wants or needs

Idioms

to deliver the goods
  • Informal
4 3.9

To do what was promised and get the expected result

to deliver the message to Garcia
  • US
9.7

To start and finish a task without needing instructions or help

Phrasal Verbs

to deliver a speech
  • Formal
8 3.3

To give a formal talk to an audience

to deliver results
  • Jargon
3 3.7

Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects

to deliver package
3 2.0

To take a package to a person or place and give it to them

How Formal

to surrender
722 4.4
transfer
355 3.2
to deliver
  • Formal
313 3.0
to hand over
296 2.8
to give
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

deliver infinitive
delivered past
delivered past participle
delivering present participle
delivers third person singular

Etymology

Deliver comes from Latin parts de- 'from' and liberare 'to free', the same root as liberty, and it once meant 'set free' and 'hand over'. So to deliver something to an authority is to formally give or hand it over.