delivered Значение & определение

Значение на delivered на български

• 0 past simple and past participle of deliver

• 1 to take goods, letters, parcels, etc. to people's houses or places of work:

  • Mail is delivered to our office twice a day.

  • The furniture store is delivering our new bed on Thursday.

• 2 to give, direct, or aim something:

  • The priest delivered a passionate sermon/speech against war.

  • The jury delivered a verdict of not guilty.

  • The police said that it was the blow delivered (= given) to her head that killed her.

  • The pitcher tripped as he delivered the ball (= threw it towards the person with the bat).

• 3 to achieve or produce something that has been promised:

  • The government has failed to deliver (what it promised).

  • mainly US The Republicans are relying on their agricultural policies to deliver the farmers' vote (= to persuade farmers to vote for them).

• 4 to (help) give birth to a baby:

  • She delivered her third child at home.

  • The baby was delivered by a midwife.

  • formal The princess has been delivered of (= has given birth to) a healthy baby boy.

• 5 to save someone from a painful or bad experience:

  • Is there nothing that can be done to deliver these starving people from their suffering?