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to deliver results

to deliver results

9 3.7
Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects
  • phrasal verb
  • Jargon
: obtener resultados
  • It's not just that the less confrontational American president has been unable to deliver results.

Your clients love you, and you know how to deliver results.

Examples

  • As project co-director, I intend to deliver results.

    Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (1992)

  • Marketers need to deliver results now, not in 3-5 years.

    Blog text (2)

  • The way to make that happen was to work so hard to deliver results for people that they would love him for that.

  • We the people can deliver results and assure quality.

    Blog text (9)

  • Instead, the administration can focus on the president's ability to deliver results for the American people on the things that matter most to them:

    Blog text (31)

  • When we say something is unacceptable, however, we must mean it, and that requires developing a strategy that delivers results, not just rhetoric.

    Academic text (2007)

  • As marketing and advertising go digital and social, what kind of companies can marketers trust to deliver results?

    Blog text (28)

  • Policy officer Sarah Lambert says: "There's clear direction from the Department of Health that teams do deliver results."

    Academic text (2010)

  • But no solution, humanistic or technocratic, is going to deliver results quickly.

    Blog text (8)

  • The new manager's goal is to deliver results that improve team performance and boost morale.

Synonyms

to achieve
vsto deliver results
∞ 2.3

To reach a goal by effort or skill

adds the idea of consistent, effective outcomes in professional situations
to succeed
vsto deliver results
827 2.0

To reach a goal after trying hard

leans more toward consistent effective business outcomes rather than any single success
to attain
vsto deliver results
106 3.9

To reach a level, place, or goal after hard work

is more about producing successful professional outcomes rather than reaching a single level
to get the job done
vsto deliver results
102 2.4

To finish a task well and quickly

highlights achieving meaningful business results rather than just finishing tasks
to come through with
vsto deliver results
  • Informal
23 3.8

To give what was promised or expected

stresses consistent effective outcomes in work or business contexts
to turn in
vsto deliver results
13 3.7

To give a performance or result in a contest

focuses more on achieving successful outcomes than on a single performance
to deliver the goods
vsto deliver results
  • Informal
8 3.9

To do what was promised and get the expected result

is broader, emphasizing successful outcomes especially in professional settings
to come up with the goods
vsto deliver results
  • Informal
1 3.7

To do what is expected and give the results needed

is focused on achieving effective business outcomes rather than only meeting expectations

Antonyms

to fail
∞ 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

to underperform
19 5.3

To do worse than expected or needed

How Effective

to excel
81 3.7
to deliver results
  • Jargon
9 3.7
to fail
∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

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

Morphology

deliver + result

The phrase's meaning ('to achieve or provide outcomes') is directly derivable from combining 'deliver' (to provide or present) with 'result' (an outcome); a B1 learner who knows both words will readily infer that to 'deliver results' means to produce or provide outcomes. This is a common, compositional business collocation with no opaque metaphorical shift, so its sense is transparent.

Etymology

Deliver results comes from the simple image of a messenger handing over a finished package: to deliver is to give something and the results are what is inside. So when someone can 'deliver results' at work, they do what was promised and achieve success.