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self-deliver

self-deliver verb: to provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.

Verb

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

  1. To provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.
    • Senior Project Manager Mark Clapp says: "There is so much space here that we can self-deliver all the final materials we need for the tunnels and viaduct. All the raw materials are brought in via the M25 slip road, so we are pretty much self-contained."2021 July 14, Paul Stephen, “A portal into the future”, in RAIL, number 935, page 52

Forms of self-deliver

third-person singular presentself-delivers
present participleself-delivering
past participleself-delivered
pastself-delivered

Origin of self-deliver

From self- + deliver.

Questions about self-deliver

What does self-deliver mean?
Self-deliver means to provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.
What part of speech is self-deliver?
Self-deliver is a verb.
What is the past tense of self-deliver?
The past tense of self-deliver is self-delivered.

Words near self-deliver in the dictionary

  1. self-deleted
  2. self-deletes
  3. self-deleting
  4. self-deletion
  5. self-deletions
  6. self-deliver
  7. self-delivered
  8. self-delivering
  9. self-delivers
  10. self-delusion
  11. self-delusions

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