to deliver

Definition of to deliver in English English dictionary: consign; land; To express in words, declare, or utter
deliver a speech.; To give birth
she delivered a baby boy yesterday.; To set free
deliver a captive from the prison.; To bring or transport something to its destination
deliver a package, deliver the mail.; To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another
deliver the thief to the police.; To assist in the birth of
the doctor delivered the baby.; {v} to give, offer, free, save, relate; If you deliver a person or thing into someone's care, you give them responsibility for that person or thing. Mrs Montgomery was delivered into Mr Hinchcliffe's care David delivered Holly gratefully into the woman's outstretched arms = hand over; If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there. The Canadians plan to deliver more food to southern Somalia The spy returned to deliver a second batch of classified documents; to surrender someone or something to another; "the guard delivered the criminal to the police"; "render up the prisoners"; "render the town to the enemy"; "fork over the money"; to convey or hand over something; If you deliver a lecture or speech, you give it in public. The president will deliver a speech about schools; bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers"; carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left"; To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge; as, to deliver a blow; to deliver a broadside, or a ball; give birth (to a newborn); "My wife had twins yesterday!"; To discover; to show; hand over to the authorities of another country; "They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there"; Free; nimble; sprightly; active; Australia Post is not the only organisation that DELIVERS these days Every minute of every day, services, OUTCOMES and CORE OBJECTIVES are being DELIVERED to CLIENTS (Added March 1998); pass down; "render a verdict"; "deliver a judgment"; deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students"; to place a warhead or munition on its target; To take securities from an individual or firm and transfer them to another individual or firm A call writer who is assigned must deliver stock to the call holder who exercised A put holder who exercises must deliver stock to the put writer who is assigned; To free from, or disburden of, young; to relieve of a child in childbirth; to bring forth; often with of; To make over to the knowledge of another; to communicate; to utter; to speak; to impart; save from sins; To take securities from an individual or firm and transfer them to another individual or firm A call writer who is assigned must deliver the underlying to the call holder who exercised A put holder who exercises must deliver the underlying to the put writer who is assigned; If you deliver something that you have promised to do, make, or produce, you do, make, or produce it. They have yet to show that they can really deliver working technologies We don't promise what we can't deliver; to set free: deliver a captive from the prison; utter an exclamation, noise, etc; When someone delivers a baby, they help the woman who is giving birth to the baby. Her husband had to deliver the baby himself; relinquish possession or control over; "The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in"; {f} convey; make a delivery; give; express; give birth; help to deliver a baby, help at the birth of a baby; redeem; surrender; set free; To admit; to allow to pass; "The students delivered a cry of joy"; utter (an exclamation, noise, etc ); "The students delivered a cry of joy"; If someone delivers a blow to someone else, they hit them. Those blows to the head could have been delivered by a woman; In a futures or forward contract, if you agree to sell in the future, you may have to deliver the commodity; To give or transfer; to yield possession or control of; to part with (to); to make over; to commit; to surrender; to resign; often with up or over, to or into; "The students delivered a cry of joy" bring to a destination, make a delivery; "our local super market delivers" throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball" carry out or perform; "deliver an attack", "deliver a blow"; "The boxer drove home a solid left" save from sins; deliver (a speech, oration, or idea); "The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students" utter (an exclamation, noise, etc; to give birth: she delivered a baby boy yesterday; free from harm or evil; To deliberate; throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball; "The pitcher delivered the ball"; To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to liberate, as from control; to give up; to free; to save; to rescue from evil actual or feared; often with from or out of; as, to deliver one from captivity, or from fear of death