deliver

deliver
01. The mail is usually [delivered] around 10:00 in the morning.
02. Mail [delivery] will be late today due to the snowstorm.
03. Could you have these flowers [delivered] to this address at 3:00 tomorrow?
04. We have fresh fruit and vegetables [delivered] to our house once a week.
05. Marc-André has to get up every morning at 5:30 a.m. to [deliver] newspapers.
06. The midwife [delivered] our baby without problem.
07. The neighborhood grocery store [delivers] groceries to its customers' homes for free.
08. If your pizza [delivery] takes more than 30 minutes, the pizza is free. We guarantee it!
09. Mark Clement once said that leaders who win the respect of others are the ones who [deliver] more than they promise, not the ones who promise more than they can [deliver].
10. I read somewhere that milk [delivered] to the store today was in the cow two days ago.
11. The Japanese Ministry of Posts and Telecommunications [delivered] nearly 4.5 billion New Year's cards in 1999, or about 32 cards for every man, woman, and child in Japan.
12. A restaurant in New Zealand regularly [delivers] pizza to scientists in Antarctica.
13. In Burma, there is a superstition that a pregnant woman should not eat bananas or the baby will be too big for a normal [delivery].
14. In Finland, every woman is given a gift from the government upon [delivery] of a new baby.
15. A Yiddish proverb notes that one should not send a cat to [deliver] cream.

Grammatical examples in English. 2013.

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  • Deliver — De*liv er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Delivered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Delivering}.] [F. d[ e]livrer, LL. deliberare to liberate, give over, fr. L. de + liberare to set free. See {Liberate}.] 1. To set free from restraint; to set at liberty; to release; to …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • deliver — de·liv·er vt ered, er·ing: to transfer possession of (property) to another: put into the possession or exclusive control of another a deed must be deliver ed to be effective W. M. McGovern, Jr. et al. see also gift compare bail …   Law dictionary

  • deliver — [v1] transfer, carry bear, bring, cart, come across with*, convey, dish out*, distribute, drop, fork over*, gimme*, give, hand, hand carry, hand over, pass, put on, put out, remit, transport, truck; concepts 108,217 Ant. hold, keep, retain… …   New thesaurus

  • deliver — [di liv′ər] vt. [ME delivren < OFr délivrer < VL deliberare, to liberate < de , intens. + liberare, to LIBERATE] 1. to set free or save from evil, danger, or restraint; liberate [delivered from bondage] 2. to assist (a female) at the… …   English World dictionary

  • Deliver Us — Saltar a navegación, búsqueda Deliver us es el quinto album de estudio de la banda de metalcore Darkest Hour. El álbum cuenta con 11 canciones nuevas y fue lanzado el 10 de julio del 2007 bajo el sello de Victory Records. Lista de canciones 1.… …   Wikipedia Español

  • Deliver — Álbum de estudio de The Mamas the Papas Publicación Febrero de 1967 Grabación Otoño de 1966 Género(s) Rock …   Wikipedia Español

  • Deliver Us — Single par In Flames extrait de l’album Sounds of A Playground Fading Sortie 9 mai 2011 (UE) Enregistrement 2011 Durée 3:34 Genre …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Deliver — De*liv er, a. [OF. delivre free, unfettered. See {Deliver}, v. t.] Free; nimble; sprightly; active. [Obs.] [1913 Webster] Wonderly deliver and great of strength. Chaucer. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Deliver Me — may refer to: Deliver Me (TV series), a reality television series on OWN: Oprah Winfrey Network Deliver Me (Sarah Brightman song), a 1996 song by The Beloved, covered by Sarah Brightman in 1999 a song by Def Leppard on their album Slang a song by …   Wikipedia

  • Deliver — Album par The Mamas the Papas Sortie février 1967 Durée 35:04 Genre folk rock pop psychédélique Producteur Lou Adler …   Wikipédia en Français

  • deliver — in addition to its established physical meanings to do with bringing and providing things, has developed a vogue intransitive use (without an object) equivalent to ‘provide what is agreed or expected’: • Mrs. Gandhi could not deliver on her… …   Modern English usage

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