deliver

English

Alternative forms

• delivre (archaic)

Etymology

Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin delīberō with a change of consonant.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/
• Rhymes: -ɪvə(ɹ)

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Verb

deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered)

1. To set free.

   deliver a captive from the prison

2. To give birth.

   she delivered a baby boy yesterday

3. To assist in the birth of.

   the doctor delivered the baby

4. To bring or transport something to its destination.

   deliver a package, deliver the mail

5. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.

   deliver the thief to the police

6. To express in words, declare, or utter.

   deliver a speech

   • 2012 May 27, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “New Kid On The Block” (season 4, episode 8; originally aired 11/12/1992)”, The Onion AV Club:

     It’s a lovely sequence cut too short because the show seems afraid to give itself over to romance and whimsy and wistfulness when it has wedgie jokes to deliver.

Synonyms

• (to set free): free, loose, rid, outbring
• (to express): utter, outbring

Derived terms

• delivery
• deliverable
• deliver the goods

Translations

set free

• Bulgarian: освобождавам (bg) (osvoboždavam), избавям (bg) (izbavjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 解救 (cmn), 救 (cmn), 拯救 (cmn)

• Czech: osvobodit (cs), odvázat (cs)
• Danish: befri (da), udfri (da)
• Dutch: bevrijden (nl)
• Finnish: vapauttaa (fi), päästää (fi) (vapaaksi (fi))

• German: erlösen (de), befreien (de)
• Hausa: haifu (ha)
• Hungarian: megszabadít (hu)
• Norwegian: befri (no)
• Serbo-Croatian: oslobòditi (sh)
• Spanish: liberar (es)

give birth

• Bulgarian: раждам (bg) (raždam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 生 (cmn), 产下 (cmn)

• Czech: porodit (cs)
• Danish: barsle (da), nedkomme (da)
• Dutch: baren (nl)

• Finnish: synnyttää (fi)
• German: gebären (de)
• Jèrriais: accouocher
• Serbo-Croatian: poròditi (sh)
• Spanish: parir (es), dar a luz (es)

assist in giving birth

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: forløse (da), tage imod (da)
• Finnish: kätilöidä (fi)

bring or transport something to its destination

• Arabic: نقل (ar) (naqala)
• Bulgarian: доставям (bg) (dostavjam)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 傳遞 (cmn), 传递 (cmn) (chuándì), 遞送 (cmn), 递送 (cmn) (dìsòng)

• Czech: doručit (cs)
• Danish: levere (da), aflevere (da), indlevere (da), overlevere (da), overbringe (da), udbringe (da), ombære (da), omdele (da)
• Dutch: afleveren (nl)
• Esperanto: liveri (eo)
• Finnish: kuljettaa (fi), toimittaa (fi)
• French: livrer (fr)
• German: liefern (de), abliefern (de)
• Hungarian: szállít (hu)
• Japanese: 引き渡す (ja) (hikiwatasu)

• Kurdish:

  Sorani: گه‌یاندن (ckb)

• Malay:

  Rumi: hantar (ms)

  Jawi: هنتر (ms)

• Norwegian: levere (no)
• Polish: dostarczać (pl)
• Portuguese: entregar (pt)
• Quechua: quy (qu)
• Russian: доставить (ru) (dostávit') pf., доставлять (ru) (dostavlját') impf.
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrig (gd)
• Serbo-Croatian: dòstaviti (sh)
• Spanish: entregar (es)
• Swedish: leverera (sv)

hand over or surrender

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 缴 (cmn) (jiǎo)

• Danish: udlevere (da), overgive (da)
• Finnish: luovuttaa (fi)

• French: livrer (fr)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrig (gd)
• Spanish: entregar (es)

express in words

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Danish: holde (da)

• Finnish: pitää (fi)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrig (gd)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Help:How to check translations.

Translations to be checked

• Spanish: (1) liberar (es), (1) librar (es), (2) dar a luz (es), (2) parir (es), (3) entregar (es)
• Jèrriais: d'livrer

• Portuguese: libertar (pt) (free up), dar à luz (pt) (give birth), entregar (pt) (hand over), transportar (pt) (transport)

Anagrams

• livered, relived, reviled