You’re listening to Lingo Phoenix’s word of the day for April 19.

Today’s word is deliver, spelled d-e-l-i-v-e-r.

deliver / dɪˈlɪvə $ -ər/ verb

[intransitive, transitive] to achieve or produce something that has been promised:

The company will deliver on its promises.

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

can't deliver on all these promises

the new car delivers high gas mileage

President Joe Biden is aiming to deliver on many of his climate change campaign promises with a roughly $2 trillion infrastructure plan to help the country recover from the pandemic.

— Abby Smith, Washington Examiner, "Biden infrastructure plan includes massive spending and regulations to curb climate change," 31 Mar. 2021

[transitive] to help a woman give birth to her baby, or to give birth to a baby

They rushed her to hospital where doctors delivered her baby.

She delivered her third child at home.

“Does the restaurant deliver?” “No, you have to pick up the food yourself.”

With your word of the day, I’m Mohammad Golpayegani.

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