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{ "term": "deliver", "partOfSpeech": "verb", "ox3000": true, "cefr": "b1", "verbForms": { "presentSimple": { "iYouWeThey": "deliver", "heSheIt": "delivers" }, "pastSimple": "delivered", "pastParticiple": "delivered", "ingForm": "delivering" }, "definitions": [ { "senseNumber": 1, "definition": "to take goods, letters, etc. to the person or people they have been sent to", "sensetop": "deliver somethingdeliver something to somebody/somethingdeliver (to somebody/something)", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "I get my food delivered from the supermarket to save time.", "contextForm": "deliver something" }, { "text": "Leaflets have been delivered to every household.", "contextForm": "deliver something to somebody/something" }, { "text": "We promise to deliver within 48 hours.", "contextForm": "deliver (to somebody/something)" }, { "text": "We deliver to our stores seven days a week." }, { "text": "The company will deliver free of charge." }, { "text": "The letter was delivered to his office." }, { "text": "The package had been delivered by hand." }, { "text": "You can either collect the goods or have them delivered." } ], "topics": ["Shopping"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["free of charge", "by hand", "personally"], "preposition": ["to", "by", "via"], "phrases": ["have something delivered"] } }, { "senseNumber": 2, "definition": "to give or send information or ideas to somebody", "sensetop": "deliver somethingdeliver something to somebody/somethingdeliver something via something", "cefr": "b1", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "Let me deliver the good news first.", "contextForm": "deliver something" }, { "text": "The video **delivers a** clear **message** about road safety." }, { "text": "Essentially, Web designers must deliver content simply and effectively." }, { "text": "Online training sessions are delivered directly to your desktop.", "contextForm": "deliver something to somebody/something" }, { "text": "Our courses are delivered via the internet.", "contextForm": "deliver something via something" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 3, "definition": "to give a speech, talk, performance, etc. or to make an official statement", "sensetop": "deliver something", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "She will deliver a major speech on foreign policy tomorrow." }, { "text": "to deliver an address/a lecture/a sermon" }, { "text": "The cast delivered the performances of a lifetime." }, { "text": "The jury finally delivered its verdict." }, { "text": "She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering." }, { "text": "He delivered his lines confidently." }, { "text": "The Court delivered its judgement earlier this month." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 4, "definition": "to do what you promised to do or what you are expected to do; to produce or provide what people expect you to", "sensetop": "deliver on somethingdeliver somethingdeliver something to somebody", "cefr": "b2", "ox3000": true, "examples": [ { "text": "He has promised to finish the job by June and I am sure he will deliver." }, { "text": "She always delivers on her promises.", "contextForm": "deliver on something" }, { "text": "If you can't deliver improved sales figures, you're fired.", "contextForm": "deliver something" }, { "text": "The team delivered a stunning victory last night." }, { "text": "Successive administrations have failed to deliver adequate funding for education." }, { "text": "the failure of successive governments to deliver economic growth" }, { "text": "There have been major breakdowns in **delivering services **to elderly residents.", "contextForm": "deliver something to somebody" }, { "text": "They said they'll do it, but do you really think they will be able to deliver?" }, { "text": "products that deliver on customer expectations" }, { "text": "Our aim is deliver high-quality services everywhere and at all times." }, { "text": "These changes will deliver real benefits for our customers." }, { "text": "a company which consistently delivers value in its relationships with customers and consumers" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["consistently", "effectively", "efficiently"], "preposition": ["on"] } }, { "senseNumber": 5, "definition": "to take somebody somewhere; to give somebody into somebody else's care or control", "sensetop": "deliver somebodydeliver somebody to somebody/somethingdeliver somebody (up/over) (to somebody/something)", "examples": [ { "text": "She delivered the kids on time at their father's house.", "contextForm": "deliver somebody" }, { "text": "The taxi delivered us to our hotel.", "contextForm": "deliver somebody to somebody/something" }, { "text": "They delivered their prisoner over to the invading army.", "contextForm": "deliver somebody (up/over) (to somebody/something)" } ] }, { "senseNumber": 6, "definition": "to help a woman to give birth to a baby", "sensetop": "deliver a baby", "cefr": "c2", "examples": [ { "text": "The baby was delivered by Caesarean section." }, { "text": "The baby was delivered safely on Tuesday night." } ], "topics": ["Life stages"], "collocations": { "adverb": ["safely", "by Caesarean", "by Caesarean section"] } }, { "senseNumber": 7, "definition": "to give birth to a baby", "sensetop": "deliver somethingbe delivered of something", "labels": "(formal)", "examples": [ { "text": "The number of women **delivering their babies** in hospital increased.", "contextForm": "deliver something" }, { "text": "She was delivered of a healthy boy.", "contextForm": "be delivered of something" } ], "collocations": { "adverb": ["safely", "by Caesarean", "by Caesarean section"] } }, { "senseNumber": 8, "definition": "to throw or aim something", "sensetop": "deliver something", "examples": [ { "text": "He **delivered the blow** *(= hit somebody hard)* with all his force." } ] }, { "senseNumber": 9, "definition": "to rescue somebody from something bad", "sensetop": "deliver somebody (from something)", "labels": "(old use)", "examples": [ { "text": "Deliver us from evil." } ], "synonyms": "save" }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do", "labels": "(informal)", "examples": [ { "text": "We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods." } ] }, { "senseNumber": null, "definition": "definite, because all the legal documents have been signed", "examples": [] } ], "pronunciations": { "uk": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvə(r)/", "audio": "de/deliver/deliver__gb_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvəz/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivers__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvəd/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivered__gb_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivering__gb_1.mp3" } ], "us": [ { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvər/", "audio": "de/deliver/deliver__us_2.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvərz/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivers__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvərd/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivered__us_1.mp3" }, { "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvərɪŋ/", "audio": "de/deliver/delivering__us_1.mp3" } ] }, "wordOrigin": "Middle English: from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’." }