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to take something to the place where it must go The mailman delivered two letters this morning. We deliver free within the local area.

to help a mother to give birth to her baby to deliver a baby

de • liv • er • y / di ' livari / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural de • liv • er • ies )

the act of taking something to the place where it must go Please allow 28 days for delivery.

We are waiting for a delivery of bread.

the process of giving birth to a baby an easy delivery

del • ta / ' delta / noun [ count ] ( plural del • tas )

( geography ) an area of land where a river divides into smaller rivers flowing toward the ocean the Mississippi River delta

de • luxe / di lAks / adjective

of extremely high quality and more expensive than usual a deluxe hotel

de • mand W / dimaend / noun [ count ]

saying strongly that you must have something a demand for higher pay

in demand

wanted by a lot of people

Good teachers are always in demand.

de • mand 2© / dimaend/ verb ( de mands , de mand • ing , de • mand ed )

to say strongly that you must have something The workers are demanding more money. She demanded to see the manager.

de • mand • ing / di ' mrendig / adjective

requiring a lot of effort, care, skill, etc. a demanding job

(used about a person) always wanting attention or expecting things from other people

Young children can be very demanding. a demanding boss

dem • o / ' demou / noun [count] ( plural dem .os ) ( informal )

short for demonstration ( 1 )

They gave us a demo of the new software.

de • moc • ra • cy / di ' makrasi / noun

( plural de • moc • ra • cies ) ( politics )

[ noncount ] a system of government where the people choose their leader by voting

[ count ] a country with a government that the people choose

We live in a democracy.

Dem • o • crat / demakrret / noun [ count ]

( politics ) a person in the Democratic Party in the U.S. — Look at Republican .

dem • o • crat • ic / |dema ' krretik / adjective

( politics )

If a country, etc. is democratic , the people in it can choose its leaders or decide about the way it is organized.

Democratic connected with the Democratic Party in

the U.S.

the Democratic senator

dem • o • crat • i • cal • ly / |dema ' krretikli / adverb a democratically elected government

the Dem • o • crat • ic Par • ty

/ da |dema'krretik parti / noun [ singular ] ( politics ) one of the two main political parties in the U.S. —Look at the Republican Party .

de • mol • ish / di ' malij /verb ( de mol ish • es, de • mol • ish • ing , de • mol ished )

to break a building so that it falls down

The warehouse is due to be demolished next year.

dem • o • li • tion / |dema 'lijn / noun [ count, noncount ]

The demolition of the factory will make room for more houses.

de • mon / ' diman / noun [ count ]

an evil spirit

dem • on • strate aw / ' demanstreit /

( dem • on • strates , dem • on • strat • ing , dem on • strat • ed )

1 to show something clearly He demonstrated how to operate the machine.

2 ( politics ) to walk or stand in public with a group of people to show that you have strong feelings about something

Thousands of people demonstrated against the war. —SYNONYM protest

►dem • on • stra • tor AWL / ' demsnstreitsr / noun

[ count ] ( politics )

a person who takes part in a public protest antiwar demonstrators

dem • on • stra • tion AWL / |demsn ' streijn /

noun