self-deliver

verb

To provide what is needed oneself, e.g. by on-site manufacture from raw materials.

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Meanings

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

present singular third person self-delivers · participle present self-delivering · participle past self-delivered · past 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

Origin

From self- + deliver.

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APA

self-deliver. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-deliver

MLA

“self-deliver.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-deliver. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “self-deliver,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/self-deliver.

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