delivering

delivering is the present participle and gerund of deliver.

Meaning of deliver

deliver (third-person singular simple present delivers, present participle delivering, simple past and past participle delivered)

To set free from restraint or danger.
- The hostage was delivered from her captors and thus preserved from any danger.
Synonyms:

free, liberate, release, loose, rid, outbring
(process) To assist in the birth of.
- the doctor delivered the baby
(formal, process) To assist (a female) in bearing, that is, in bringing forth (a child).
- the duchess was delivered of a son
(process) To give birth to.
- she delivered a baby boy yesterday
To free from or disburden of anything.
- Tully was long ere he could be delivered of a few verses, and those poor ones.1622, Henry Peacham, The Compleat Gentleman
To bring or transport something to its destination.
- deliver a package

delivering (plural deliverings)

An act of delivering.
- The deliverings of our senses, while they seem to us to provide a transparent window on the world, are in fact conditioned through and through by the details of our organic and neural structure - developed over eons of evolutionary history.2003, J. Thomas Cook, Lee Rice, Spinoza on Mind and Body

plural	deliverings

What does delivering mean?: Delivering means an act of delivering.
What is delivering the present participle and gerund of?: Delivering is the present participle and gerund of deliver.
What part of speech is delivering?: Delivering is a noun.
What is the plural of delivering?: The plural of delivering is deliverings.

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Last updated: 2026-09-02

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