deliver
verb (used with object)
to carry and turn over (letters, goods, etc.) to the intended recipient or recipients.
am delivering
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present progressiveof deliver (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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I am delivering a plenary lecture at the 2019 Nobel Conference in Stockholm.
From Scientific American ● Feb. 19, 2023
"What I am delivering in my car, you could get in a seven-tonne truck, it's a lot of stress and pain," another worker said.
From BBC ● Dec. 15, 2022
“I am delivering on what we promised,” Youngkin said at a recent event.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 8, 2022
“All he had to do is calmly say, ‘Hey, I am delivering newspapers,'” Troyer said.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 18, 2021
“Sir,” I said, “I am delivering my ingestion book.”
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
