deliver

Meaning

Verb

1. To set free from restraint or danger.
2. Senses having to do with birth.
3. (formal) Senses having to do with birth.
4. Senses having to do with birth.
5. To free from or disburden of anything.
6. To bring or transport something to its destination.
7. To hand over or surrender (someone or something) to another.
8. (informal, intransitive, transitive) To produce what is expected or required.
9. To express in words or vocalizations, declare, utter, or vocalize.
10. To give forth in action or exercise; to discharge.
11. To discover; to show.
12. To administer a drug.

Adj

Capable, agile, or active.

Synonyms

save

hand over

rescue

give

send

convey

supply

give birth

release

bear

🐻

present

liberate

carry

distribute

provide

render

set free

furnish

surrender

take

bring forth

transfer

yield

transport

redeem

allot

birth

free

🆓

have

distribution

dispense

give birth to

consign

submit

give up

discharge

purvey

turn in

produce

transmit

pitch

pay

💸

extradite

bring

hand

✋

hand out

ship

🚢

relieve

cede

fork out

Translations

entregar

livrer

consegnare

entregar

liefern

übergeben

fournir

leveren

afleveren

aushändigen

dar

remettre

gebären

lliurar

fornire

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪvə(ɹ)/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: deliveren

In summary

From Middle English deliveren, from Anglo-Norman and Old French delivrer, from Latin dē + līberō (“to set free”).
Compare typologically dispatch, analyzable as dis- + impeach, from Latin impedicō (also akin to impede).