DELIVER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does deliver mean? 

• DELIVER (verb)
  The verb DELIVER has 12 senses:

1. deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

2. bring to a destination, make a delivery

3. to surrender someone or something to another

4. free from harm or evil

5. hand over to the authorities of another country

6. pass down

7. utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)

8. save from sins

9. carry out or perform

10. relinquish possession or control over

11. throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

12. cause to be born

  Familiarity information: DELIVER used as a verb is familiar.

 Dictionary entry details 

• DELIVER (verb)

Conjugation:

Sense 1

Meaning:

Deliver (a speech, oration, or idea)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deliver; present

Context example:

The commencement speaker presented a forceful speech that impressed the students

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

mouth; speak; talk; utter; verbalise; verbalize (express in speech)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

speechify (make speeches; hold forth, or harangue with a certain degree of formality)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Derivation:

delivery (your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally)

Sense 2

Meaning:

Bring to a destination, make a delivery

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Context example:

our local super market delivers

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

bring; convey; fetch; get (go or come after and bring or take back)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

misdeliver (deliver to the wrong address)

consign (send to an address)

discharge; drop; drop off; put down; set down; unload (remove (cargo, people, etc.) from and leave)

process; serve; swear out (deliver a warrant or summons to someone)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sentence example:

They deliver the parcel to their parents

Derivation:

deliverer (a person who gives up or transfers money or goods)

deliverer (someone employed to make deliveries)

delivery (the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail))

Sense 3

Meaning:

To surrender someone or something to another

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deliver; fork out; fork over; fork up; hand over; render; turn in

Context example:

fork over the money

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

bail (deliver something in trust to somebody for a special purpose and for a limited period)

give away (formally hand over to the bridegroom in marriage; of a bride by her father)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Derivation:

deliverer (a person who gives up or transfers money or goods)

delivery (the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Free from harm or evil

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

deliver; rescue

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

bring through; carry through; pull through; save (bring into safety)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

relieve; salvage; salve; save (save from ruin, destruction, or harm)

reprieve (relieve temporarily)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something

Derivation:

deliverance (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)

deliverer (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)

delivery (recovery or preservation from loss or danger)

Sense 5

Meaning:

Hand over to the authorities of another country

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

deliver; deport; extradite

Context example:

They extradited the fugitive to his native country so he could be tried there

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

expel; kick out; throw out (force to leave or move out)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

repatriate (send someone back to his homeland against his will, as of refugees)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Sense 6

Meaning:

Pass down

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Synonyms:

deliver; render; return

Context example:

deliver a judgment

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

communicate; pass; pass along; pass on; put across (transmit information)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

Sense 7

Meaning:

Utter (an exclamation, noise, etc.)

Classified under:

Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing

Context example:

The students delivered a cry of joy

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

emit; let loose; let out; utter (express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words))

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 8

Meaning:

Save from sins

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

deliver; redeem; save

Domain category:

faith; organized religion; religion (an institution to express belief in a divine power)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

Derivation:

deliverer (a person who rescues you from harm or danger)

Deliverer (a teacher and prophet born in Bethlehem and active in Nazareth; his life and sermons form the basis for Christianity (circa 4 BC - AD 29))

Sense 9

Meaning:

Carry out or perform

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

deliver; drive home

Context example:

The boxer drove home a solid left

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

give (cause to have, in the abstract sense or physical sense)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

land (deliver (a blow))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 10

Meaning:

Relinquish possession or control over

Classified under:

Verbs of buying, selling, owning

Synonyms:

cede; deliver; give up; surrender

Context example:

The squatters had to surrender the building after the police moved in

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

gift; give; present (give as a present; make a gift of)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

yield up (surrender, as a result of pressure or force)

sell (give up for a price or reward)

sign away; sign over (formally assign ownership of)

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody

Sense 11

Meaning:

Throw or hurl from the mound to the batter, as in baseball

Classified under:

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging

Synonyms:

deliver; pitch

Context example:

The pitcher delivered the ball

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

throw (propel through the air)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s something

Sense 12

Meaning:

Cause to be born

Classified under:

Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care

Synonyms:

bear; birth; deliver; give birth; have

Context example:

My wife had twins yesterday!

Hypernyms (to "deliver" is one way to...):

bring forth; produce (bring forth or yield)

"Deliver" entails doing...:

conceive (become pregnant; undergo conception)

Verb group:

bear; carry; expect; gestate; have a bun in the oven (be pregnant with)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "deliver"):

drop (give birth; used for animals)

foal (give birth to a foal)

cub (give birth to cubs)

kitten (give birth to kittens)

lamb (give birth to a lamb)

litter (give birth to a litter of animals)

pup; whelp (give birth to (a puppy))

farrow; pig (give birth to (piglets))

fawn (have fawns)

calve; have young (give birth to (a calf))

bear; carry; expect; gestate; have a bun in the oven (be pregnant with)

twin (give birth to twins)

Sentence frame:

Somebody ----s somebody

Derivation:

delivery (the act of delivering a child)

 Context examples 

This agent might be used to deliver therapeutic agents specifically to IL-11Ra-expressing tumor cells while sparing normal cells.

(Bone Metastasis Targeting Peptide-11, NCI Thesaurus)

A device designed to deliver a bolus into a system.

(Bolus Mechanism Device Component, NCI Thesaurus)

This I delivered part in words, and part in signs.

(Gulliver's Travels into several remote nations of the world, by Jonathan Swift)

And promptly as the United States mail could deliver and return, came Singletree, Darnley & Co.'s check for five thousand dollars.

(Martin Eden, by Jack London)

The Cancer Treatment Research Foundation (CTRF) is a non-profit organization committed to the eradication of cancer by providing the most innovative and promising patient-driven clinical research that delivers immediate treatment options.

(Cancer Treatment Research Foundation, NCI Thesaurus)

Red blood cells deliver oxygen from your lungs to your tissues and organs.

(Blood, NIH)

Description of the method by which a fetus is delivered.

(Birth Method of Delivery, NCI Thesaurus)

BL22 immunotoxin binds to CD22, an antigen expressed in B-cell malignancies, thereby delivering its toxin directly to tumor cells.

(BL22 immunotoxin, NCI Thesaurus)

Its ability to bind to CD11b-expressing dendritic cells and deliver antigens directly to the cytosol allows the activation and induction of T-cell immunity.

(Bivalent HPV16/18 Therapeutic Cervical Cancer Vaccine, NCI Thesaurus)

This radioimmunoconjugate selectively delivers alpha particle-mediated cytotoxicity to leukemic cells, thereby limiting the exposure of normal tissues to ionizing radiation.

(Bismuth Bi213 Monoclonal Antibody M195, NCI Thesaurus)