Delivered
verbConveyed or handed over something, such as goods or a message, to its intended recipient.
How to spell delivered
9 letters · 3 syllables
How to pronounce delivered
Say the part in capitals loudest.
What does delivered mean?
- verbConveyed or handed over something, such as goods or a message, to its intended recipient.
Delivered in a sentence
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The courier delivered the parcel to the front desk before noon.
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She delivered the quarterly report a full day ahead of the deadline.
Where does delivered come from?
Language of origin: French
The base verb deliver came into English in the 1200s from the Old French delivrer, which traces back to the Late Latin deliberare, a compound of de- (here an intensifier meaning 'fully' or 'away') and liberare 'to set free', itself from liber meaning 'free'. The earliest English sense was literally 'to set free' or 'to release', a meaning still felt in phrases like 'deliver us from evil' and in the idea of a woman being 'delivered' of a child. From the notion of handing something over or releasing it, the sense broadened to 'to convey or hand over goods', which became the dominant modern meaning. The same liber root sits inside liberty, liberate and liberal, so the spelling carries a hidden link to freedom. The single l and the unstressed -er- in the middle are the usual spelling pitfalls, since the word sounds like it could have a doubled letter.
How the word is built
- de- (completely)
- liver (from Latin liberare: to set free)
- -ed (past tense suffix)
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