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to deliver results

to deliver results

3 3.7
Achieve the needed goal at work or in projects
  • phrasal verb
  • Jargon
translation icon : 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
846 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
110 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
94 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
12 3.8

To give what was promised or expected

stresses consistent effective outcomes in work or business contexts
to turn in
vsto deliver results
8 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
4 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
898 1.0

Not succeed in doing something you wanted to do

to underperform
20 5.3

To do worse than expected or needed

How Effective

to excel
58 3.7
to deliver results
  • Jargon
3 3.7
to fail
898 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.