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• do you have your milk delivered?
• leaflets have been delivered to every household.
• we promise to deliver within 48 hours.
• she is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering.

deliver

1. to take goods, letters, etc. to the person or people they have been sent to; to take somebody somewhere
• Do you have your milk delivered?
• Leaflets have been delivered to every household.
• We promise to deliver within 48 hours.
2. to give a speech, talk, etc. or other official statement
• She is due to deliver a lecture on genetic engineering.
• He delivered his lines confidently.
• The jury finally delivered its verdict.
3. to do what you promised to do or what you are expected to do; to produce or provide what people expect you to
• He has promised to finish the job by June and I am sure he will deliver.
• She always delivers on her promises.
• If you can't deliver improved sales figures, you're fired.
• The team delivered a stunning victory last night.
• Successive administrations have failed to deliver adequate funding for education.
• the failure of successive governments to deliver economic growth
4. to give somebody/something to somebody else so that they are under this person’s control
• They delivered their prisoner over to the invading army.
5. to help a woman to give birth to a baby
• The baby was delivered by Caesarean section.
6. to give birth to a baby
• She was delivered of a healthy boy.
7. to throw or aim something
• He delivered the blow (= hit somebody hard) with all his force.
8. to rescue somebody from something bad
• synonym save
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/save_1
• Deliver us from evil.
9. to do what you have promised to do or what people expect or want you to do
• We expected great things of the England team, but on the day they simply failed to deliver the goods.
10. definite, because all the legal documents have been signed

Extra Examples

• Online training sessions are delivered directly to your desktop.
• The baby was delivered safely on Tuesday night.
• The company will deliver free of charge.
• The letter was delivered to his office.
• The package had been delivered by hand.
• They said they’ll do it, but do you really think they will be able to deliver?
• You can either collect the goods or have them delivered.
• messages delivered via email
• products that deliver on customer expectations
• Do you have your newspapers delivered?
• If you can’t deliver improved sales figures, you’re fired.
• She delivered the kids on time at their father’s house.
• They discussed the failure of successive governments to deliver economic growth.
• We promise to deliver within 24 hours.
• to deliver a (high-quality) service/product/range of benefits/left hook/victory
• to have groceries/flowers/packages delivered

Verb Forms

• present simple I / you / we / they deliver
• he / she / it delivers
• past simple delivered
• past participle delivered
• -ing form delivering

Word Origin

• Middle English: from Old French delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’.