deliver

/dɪˈlɪvə/

US pronunciation

American sound/dɪˈlɪvə/

dɪˈlɪvə

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: 2nd syllable stress
Vowel: Schwa vowel
Ending: Final r is pronounced in US English

dɪ - ˈlɪvə -> deliver

Full entry

deliver /dÇ'lÇvǝ(r)/ v

၁။ ~ (sth) (to sb/sth) စာ၊ ချောထုပ်များကို အိမ်တိုင်ရာရောက် ပေးပို့သည်။
Should I collect the goods, or do you deliver (them)? ❍ A courier delivered the parcels to our office. ❍ Did you deliver my message to my father?
၂။ အမိန့်ချမှတ်သည်။ ဟောပြောသည်။
deliver an ultimatum ❍ The jury finally delivered its verdict. ❍ She is due to deliver a talk on Hungary to the society on Monday.
၃။ ~ (sth/on sth) (infml) ကတိထားသည့် အတိုင်း၊ မျှော်လင့်ထားသည့်အတိုင်း ပေးအပ်သည်။ They promise to finish the job in June, but can they deliver (on that)? ❍ If you can't deliver improved sales figures, you're fired!
၄။ (fml) ~ sth (up/over) (to sb) ပေးအပ် သည်။ လွှဲအပ်သည်။
deliver up a fortress to the enemy. ❍ deliver over one's property to one's children.
၅။ (က) သားဖွားပေးသည်။
Her baby was delivered by her own doctor. (ခ) (fml) be ~ed of sb မျက်နှာမြင်သည်။ ဖွားမြင် သည်။
She was delivered of a healthy boy.
၆။ ပစ်သည်။ ပစ်ပေးသည်။ (လက်သီး) ထိုးသည်။ In cricket, the ball is delivered overarm. ❍ delivering punches of great power.
၇။ ~ sb (from sth) (arch) ကယ်ဆယ်သည်။ ကယ်တင်သည်။

More examples

The package was delivered this morning.
[deliver something to something] : Would you like to have the latest fashions delivered to your door?
[deliver something by hand] : Your flowers will be delivered by hand to your door on the day of your choice.
The message was delivered by the Finnish ambassador.
[deliver something to someone] : These records should be delivered to the Registrar at the end of every financial year.
[deliver someone to] : He was safely delivered to his hotel.
[deliver a speech/lecture/address] : The main speech was delivered by Anne Samson.
The jury returned to deliver their verdict.
No one believed that he would be able to deliver everything that he had promised.
[deliver on] : How will the government deliver on its election promises?
These reforms will enable us to deliver health services more efficiently.
We’re counting on you to deliver votes from younger people.
We’ll soon be delivering this software on multiple platforms.
A two-processor configuration should deliver 57 MIPS.
[deliver a blow/punch] : She delivered a hefty blow to his stomach.
The baby was delivered by a paramedic.
[deliver someone from something] : It was another hundred years before they were finally delivered from slavery.

Synonyms

bring, transport, carry, distribute, send, convey, abandon, accouch, acquit, address, administer; throw, aim, announce, bear, birth, born, bring out, broach, cart, cede, chime in, come across with, come out with, commit, communicate, consign, deal, declare, direct, discharge, dish out, dispatch, dispense, drop, emancipate, express, feed, find, fling, fork over, free, furnish, gimme, give, give forth, give up, grant, hand, hand over, hand-carry, hurl, impart, inflict, launch, let go, liberate, loose, pass, pitch, present, proclaim, produce, pronounce, provide, publish, put on, put out, ransom, read, redeem, release, relinquish, relinquish possession, remit, rescue, resign, save, say, serve, set free, state, strike, supply, surrender, tell, throw out, transfer, transmit, truck, turn over, unshackle, utter, vent, voice, yield

Antonyms

avoid, be quiet, capture, conceal, confine, defend, deny, detain, harm, hide, hold, hurt, imprison, keep, limit, maintain, receive, refrain, refuse, restrain, restrict, retain, shun, take, take away, veto, withhold