to deliver

Examples

• All

• When I first met Brittany, she told me that she had just delivered stillborn twins.

• Early in February, Johanna was delivered of a baby girl, whom they named Meri Elisabeth.

  Fiction book (1992)

• And it took three years to deliver this baby.

• My daughter is about to deliver and I need to get her in.

  Cheaper by the Dozen 2 (2005)

• Do you want to deliver this baby?

  Final Destination 2 (2003)

• I have delivered a baby once.

  Last Chance Charlene (2022)

• When we got there, she was ready to deliver.

  October Baby (2011)

• My baby's gonna be delivered any minute.

  Robots (2005)

• I was forced to deliver the baby early and she didn't survive.

• Julia's gynecologist tells her he has recently delivered two forty-seven-year-old women of their first children.

  Fiction book (1991)

Synonyms

M

to midwife

vsto deliver

1 5.9

To help during a baby's birth or to help start something new

is limited to assisting childbirth rather than general or metaphorical creation

Antonyms

A

to abort

• Specialized

47 7.1

To end a pregnancy by a medical procedure

Idioms

D

to deliver the goods

• Informal

4 3.9

To do what was promised and get the expected result

D

to deliver the message to Garcia

• US

9.7

To start and finish a task without needing instructions or help

Phrasal Verbs

D

to deliver a speech

• Formal

8 3.3

To give a formal talk to an audience

D

to deliver results

• Jargon

3 3.7

Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects

D

to deliver package

3 2.0

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

How Involved

to deliver

• Specialized

163 3.9

to assist

605 1.0

to observe

619 2.4

Surface Forms

Etymology