verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
born/delivered etc by caesarean
▪ Both her children were born by caesarean section.
deliver a baby (=help a woman to give birth to a baby)
▪ Usually your baby will be delivered by a midwife.
deliver a blow
▪ Opinion polls delivered a nasty blow to the Tory leader.
deliver a punchformal (= hit someone)
▪ Who actually delivered the punch that killed the man?
deliver a speechformal
▪ The President delivered a major speech to Congress yesterday.
deliver the mail
▪ The postman had just delivered the mail.
delivered a death blow to
▪ His decision to leave the show has delivered a death blow to the series.
deliver/sound a warning (=give a public warning)
▪ The chairman sounded a warning that jobs could be lost.
give/preach/deliver a sermon (on sth)
▪ The vicar gave a sermon on charity.
issue/deliver an ultimatum (=officially give someone an ultimatum)
▪ The authorities issued an ultimatum to the students to end their protest or face arrest.
pass on/relay/deliver a message (=give someone a message from someone else)
▪ I asked Rob if he would pass on a message for me.
present/deliver a petition
▪ A group of pensioners went to London to present the petition.
return/give/announce/deliver a verdict (=officially say what a verdict is)
▪ The inquest jury returned a verdict of 'unlawful killing'.
turn in/deliver a performance (=give a performance)
▪ Both actors turn in great performances.
▪ In the role of Carmen, Ms Leblanc delivered a quite exquisite performance.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
ability
▪ They are judged, not for intellectual elegance but for their ability to deliver.
▪ His ability to deliver is simply running out.
▪ The charter's real test is its ability to deliver its objectives and redress any failures.
▪ His power was based on his ability to deliver the Cook County vote.
▪ My comfort in all this is the staff's professionalism and ability to deliver in these areas.
▪ With that mind-set, everything else becomes secondary to the ability to deliver the next quarterly earnings push-up.
▪ Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants.
▪ Being asked to deliver these services is a tremendous vote of confidence by Ministers in our ability to deliver.
address
▪ She attended Wellesley College where she was the first student to deliver the graduation address.
▪ In January 1961, Eisenhower delivered his farewell address.
▪ But after their three-hour presentation, Ranieri rose to deliver the closing address.
▪ It wasn't Rudy intention to play the role of the Gipper or deliver an address like Lincoln at Gettysburg.
▪ Molinari delivers the keynote address on Tuesday.
▪ Clinton appeared unruffled by the last-minute hitch, delivering his hour-long address in a crisp and fluid style.
baby
▪ He said he feared carrying and delivering a baby would kill her.
▪ This is where Madonna delivered her baby.
▪ André has just delivered the third baby this week.
▪ Marge Owen had delivered a healthy baby girl.
▪ I've delivered two still-born babies, but no one has ever died in my hands.
▪ It was my grandmother who delivered the baby.
▪ Athletes who have trained normally through the first two trimesters have delivered normal babies. 4.
▪ After delivering a baby by caesarean section, Dougherty was given medication for what appeared to be normal postoperative pain.
blow
▪ Furthermore, its flexibility and power of movement are considerably greater, so that less power is needed to deliver a blow.
▪ She stood her ground and got an almighty shove from Vassily, who smiled at me apologetically as he delivered the blow.
▪ Government forces delivered a critical blow to the rebels on March 7 when the Defence Ministry's communication links were severed.
▪ By the late 1880s there was nothing terribly mysterious about getting a steam hammer to deliver a blow of so many tons.
▪ Our final rehearsal before Farnham, however, delivered the cruellest blow so far.
▪ When he delivered his last blow, he avoided my face, and looked worried.
▪ He had not delivered the fatal blows, he had not pulled the trigger.
▪ That could deliver a severe financial blow to the county.
care
▪ This rejects the philosophy that the market can deliver health or community care efficiently, effectively or fairly.
▪ However, health authorities and family practitioner authorities are keen on the idea of generic teams delivering patch-based care.
▪ The intention was that managers should provide a positive and supportive climate for professionals to deliver health care.
▪ Governments around the world must spend more on the systems needed to actually deliver health care.
▪ Most of the countries concerned will need a radically reorganized system for delivering primary health care.
▪ It is organising the service, delivering high-quality care and using manpower and finance to the best possible effect.
goods
▪ Inevitably, therefore, the government fails to deliver the goods as demanded, as expected, and sometimes even as promised.
▪ But the scoreboards are a continuing reminder they have to make it work, and deliver the goods.
▪ Being a dedicated tough cookie, he has delivered the goods in impressive manner.
▪ The only problem was delivering the goods.
▪ But in the final hour he did deliver the goods, taking impromptu questions from the audience.
▪ For years almost all the research on ability grouping and tracking has demonstrated that it does not deliver the goods as promised.
▪ If Hariri can deliver the goods, it could soon look whole again.
▪ The ring leaders, using runners to deliver their goods on the streets, sold about 100 phones each month.
judgment
▪ I have already, before delivering this judgment, heard argument about the precise form of the order.
▪ It is up to the people considering the planning application to deliver a judgment on the assessment.
lecture
▪ Moxie had early detected Ned smuggling in a bottle of whisky, and had delivered a chastening lecture.
▪ He has done all but deliver the lecture.
▪ I must have delivered hundreds of lectures, pep-talks, addresses, speeches, and organized many others.
▪ Mr Delors was at the London School of Economics, less than a mile away, delivering a lecture.
▪ In 1962 she had to deliver the Huxley lecture seated and the next year was her last in the field.
▪ Apart from his lectures at Woolwich, he delivered a course of lectures on the horse at Guy's Hospital in 1817.
▪ The acolyte Rizla clears his throat to deliver the lecture.
letter
▪ How and why is it intended that the Vendor's liability should be increased by delivering an inaccurate Disclosure Letter?
▪ I did you a small service once by delivering a letter.
▪ Then, one bright windy morning, the postman was out delivering letters when he gasped in astonishment.
▪ He delivered the letters and ran a little bit of a farm he owned, whilst his wife looked after the Post Office.
▪ If we can not deliver a letter or packet for any reason, we will attempt to return it to you.
▪ On the day the King died, just before dusk, an unknown messenger had delivered a letter at the gate.
▪ Blattern should not pass by the gate again without delivering any letters.
message
▪ I've delivered the message, and I've received your answer.
▪ Another group of medications neutralizes the enzymes that normally break down dopamine after it delivers its chemical message.
▪ Its marketers are fabled for delivering feel-good messages.
▪ She went to Whitehall in London and waited for an opportunity to deliver her message.
▪ With an album, you can deliver a deeper message.
▪ We deliver our messages with the way we play the game.
▪ Such messages are relayed through automatic dialling machines to random or pre-selected telephone numbers and deliver a sales message without human intervention.
▪ Firms must find the right way to deliver their message.
performance
▪ However, looking at individual funds, only a few have delivered above average performance over one and five years.
▪ If so, individual assignments will deliver both performance and change.
▪ The industry has matured steadily over the last few years to the point that most established ISPs deliver reasonable performance and service.
▪ At age 35, Lewis delivered a performance that should have had every athlete shaking his or her head in admiration.
▪ The quality framework is much more about how we are going to deliver a highly competitive performance to ensure business success.
▪ Linney delivers a dynamic performance, which garnered her a recent Golden Globe nomination.
▪ Real teams are the best avail-able vehicle for small groups of people who must deliver both performance and behavior change.
▪ Wilkens delivers a show-stopping performance as the batty Madame Arcati.
product
▪ Salmonella is endemic in chickens and their eggs because the broiler system delivers cheaper poultry products.
▪ Or the fact Florida high schools are permitted to conduct spring football camps that deliver him more finished products, they speculate.
▪ It plans to announce and begin delivering product to customers by the beginning of next month.
▪ Customers will be linked to a local computer dealer, which will deliver the products.
▪ The argument is often made that what is required is applied research to deliver products and processes directly to industry.
▪ There the young workaholic did everything from sharpening his own saw to delivering the product in a two-wheeled handcart.
▪ They simply deliver their product online.
promise
▪ It will deliver the promises made in the citizens charter to extend the powers of the four regulators of the privatised utilities.
▪ And then Sheila went to work to make sure she could deliver on the Big Promise.
▪ And in this vacuum of ignorance, terrible practices have been tolerated because they delivered the promise of cheap food.
▪ But Comcast has made the investment and delivered on its promise.
▪ The bank and the fund are also confronted with pressing questions about their ability to deliver their promises.
▪ Now, the company is poised to deliver on the promise it has used to leverage its future during research and development.
▪ He has yet to deliver on promises such as welfare reform, an overhaul of campaign financing or a balanced budget.
▪ Will he deliver on his promise?
report
▪ His task force is set to deliver its report any day now.
▪ The advisory council goes out of business now, having delivered its long-awaited report.
▪ Finally the letter must confirm the agreed date by which the report will be delivered.
▪ In a long blue-envelope letter to Dominy, dated February 3, 1965, Stamm delivered his report.
▪ Ouko had been about to deliver the report to President Moi on the weekend he died.
▪ Or set it to deliver reports on basketball but not baseball.
▪ She sat with us on the podium and the chairman delivered her annual report.
▪ The commission was due to deliver its report in mid-1991.
sermon
▪ The archbishop fled to Canterbury where he proceeded to deliver sermons and issue pamphlets against the crown's infringement of clerical privileges.
▪ Television actor Craig Nelson likes taking ministers to car races to deliver sermons at the track.
▪ Later that month, the Archbishop of Tuam delivered a sermon in which he came out against the mining.
▪ And when the rector took to the pulpit he delivered sermons brimming with moral admonition.
▪ A vicar preached his way into the record books when he delivered a sermon lasting 28 hours and 45 minutes.
service
▪ This is particularly true for staff engaged in delivering a service.
▪ We can deliver from room service for $ 4 a bag.
▪ Mr. Thurnham Does my hon. Friend agree that voluntary groups and private providers can efficiently deliver services for the disabled?
▪ The asset received in exchange for goods delivered or services per-formed is most often cash or an account receivable.
▪ Companies may become less willing to deliver services that do not contribute adequately to accounts and balance sheets.
▪ It shows that in most cases, private firms deliver services more economically than public organizations.
▪ Compulsory competitive tendering will oblige local authorities to bring in managers who demonstrate their ability to deliver the best services to tenants.
speech
▪ In Webb there is only one speech, delivered by Lord Keith.
▪ Never mind that he had a speech to deliver.
▪ A major speech had to be delivered.
▪ Still, it was superior to the acceptance speech delivered by Clinton two weeks later in Chicago.
▪ And the acceptance speech he delivered at the Republican National Convention in Philadelphia last week was a success.
▪ She felt sick as she made a brief speech which was delivered in a rapid monotone.
▪ Despite all this, Kennan was upset when he read the speech Truman was to deliver to the Congress.
system
▪ In practice, of course, few paper systems delivered all these benefits but they were the rationale behind their maintenance.
▪ Salmonella is endemic in chickens and their eggs because the broiler system delivers cheaper poultry products.
▪ They delivered our current number system.
▪ They also differ in the nature of the system which would deliver that which is desired.
▪ Governments around the world must spend more on the systems needed to actually deliver health care.
▪ The system efficiently delivered the rapid reaction force it was designed to produce.
▪ As always such a system was seen to deliver distinctive moral benefits.
▪ Most of the countries concerned will need a radically reorganized system for delivering primary health care.
verdict
▪ Robin delivers the first verdict on it's performance.
▪ The foreman, a young man with glasses, delivered the verdict forms, which were read by the clerk.
▪ The jury delivered the not guilty verdicts on the fourth day of the trial.
▪ Letters delivered a verdict of innocence.
▪ After a morning of legal debate the jury returned to deliver formal verdicts after direction by Mr Justice Auld.
▪ Dyson sat back and put his finger-tips together, as if about to deliver his verdict.
▪ After initial indecision, the inquest jury delivered a verdict of lawful killing.
■ VERB
fail
▪ Inevitably, therefore, the government fails to deliver the goods as demanded, as expected, and sometimes even as promised.
▪ In reality, integration failed to deliver the promised advantages and had severe disadvantages.
▪ Congress rhetoric had raised their expectations, but state practice had failed to deliver.
▪ The Eastern Expo always has its raptor fans, and never fails to deliver for them.
▪ He challenged anyone to say where the unions had failed to deliver the goods.
▪ But it has failed to deliver the real improvements the electorate want.
▪ But this has failed to deliver results because each dismissed government has been replaced by a yet more irresponsible one.
▪ That is the guarantee for which people are looking and which the Government appear to be failing to deliver.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
come up with the goods/deliver the goods
▪ Neil Young's annual fall concert always delivers the goods with famous musicians and good music.
send/deliver sth express
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
▪ As a boy, Ralph delivered newspapers on a bicycle.
▪ Ask if the pizza place delivers.
▪ Budget cuts have affected the state's ability to deliver the services citizens expect.
▪ Do you think she will be able to deliver the goods?
▪ Election candidates frequently promise a lot more than they can deliver.
▪ Ford, a Democrat, is able to deliver the black vote in his hometown of Memphis.
▪ How soon can you deliver?
▪ If the animal ignores the command, the collar delivers a mild shock.
▪ If your order is ready, it will be delivered to you tomorrow.
▪ Julia's third child had to be delivered by caesarean section.
▪ Mrs. Arnold is due to deliver a baby girl in April.
▪ Our family doctor delivered the baby.
▪ Rev. Whitman delivered a powerful sermon.
▪ The birth was so quick that my husband had to deliver the baby himself.
▪ The packed courtroom was hushed as the jury delivered their verdict.
▪ The Prime Minister's economic development strategy has not delivered the promised benefits.
▪ Traditionally, local midwives would deliver all the babies in the area.
▪ Unfortunately the package was delivered to the wrong address.
▪ Yet again the management has failed to deliver on its promise to provide extra staff training.
▪ Your computer will be delivered between 9.00 a.m. and 2.00 p.m.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ And the new genre of populist politicians will have to deliver far more than free elections.
▪ Attention switched to the new Coronations then being delivered, and the other six Vambacs failed to materialise.
▪ I know that my father was required by his parents to drown the kittens that the family cat would periodically deliver.
▪ In reality the service is more likely to concentrate on delivering wall-to-wall feature films, interactive games and e-shopping.
▪ John delivered a funny little speech.
▪ Yeb's big hand closes around mine, and we wait in strangled silence to be delivered.