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levere

verbverb

to deliver · to hand in · to hand over

EtymologyOpphav

gjennom lavtysk levereren og fransk livrer; fra latin liberare ‘gjøre fri’, av liber ‘fri’ through Low German levereren and French livrer; from Latin liberare 'to set free', from liber 'free'

Senses and Example SentencesBetydning og bruk

  1. bringe (III, 1)to bring, sende (1)to send;
    gi fra seg
    to bringbringe (III, 1), to sendsende (1);
    to hand over
    • levere varer hver onsdag to deliver goods every Wednesday
    • jeg leverte henne brevet personlig I delivered the letter to her in person
    • bøkene må leveres på biblioteket senest tirsdag the books must be returned to the library by Tuesday at the latest
    as a suffix in words such as:som etterledd i ord som avlevereto hand over, to deliver · to turn over command of a unit, innlevereto hand in, to submit, utlevereto hand over, to give out · to expose, to lay bare
  2. produsere (1)to produce;
    yte (II, 2)to manage, prestereto perform · to achieve, to manage
    to produceprodusere (1);
    to manageyte (II, 2), to performprestere
    • turbinen leverer elektrisk kraft the turbine delivers electrical power
    • de har levert en verdifull innsats they have made a valuable contribution
    • artisten leverte på konserten the artist delivered at the concert
  3. legge fram to put forward
    • kan du levere bevis for denne påstanden? can you provide proof of this claim?

Set phrasesFaste uttrykk

levere varene yte det som er lovet eller forventet to produce what has been promised or expected Eng. phraseto deliver the goods
  • pianisten leverte varene på hver eneste konsert the pianist delivered the goods at every single concert