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出前する · noun or participle which takes 'suru'

Form	Positive	Negative
Dictionary	出で前まえする	出で前まえしない
Polite	出で前まえします	出で前まえしません
Past polite	出で前まえしました	出で前まえしませんでした
Past	出で前まえした	出で前まえしなかった
Te-form	出で前まえして	出で前まえしないで
Desire	出で前まえしたい	出で前まえしたくない
Potential	出で前まえできる	出で前まえできない
Passive	出で前まえされる	出で前まえされない
Causative	出で前まえさせる	出で前まえさせない
Causative passive	出で前まえさせられる	出で前まえさせられない
Volitional	出で前まえしよう
Polite volitional	出で前まえしましょう
Imperative	出で前まえしろ	出で前まえするな
Conditional	出で前まえすれば	出で前まえしなければ
Tara conditional	出で前まえしたら	出で前まえしなかったら

Meanings

noun, noun or participle which takes 'suru', transitive verb

food delivery; outside catering

Refers to delivering prepared meals to homes or offices, or providing catering services at an external location. Commonly used with する to mean 'to deliver food' or 'to cater'.

今こん夜やは出で前まえを取とろう。
Let's order delivery tonight.
あの店みせは出で前まえをしてくれる。
That restaurant does home delivery.

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Usage patterns

〈店てん〉に出で前まえを頼たのむto order food delivery from a restaurant
近ちかくの中ちゅう華か料りょう理り店てんに出で前まえを頼たのんだ。
I ordered food delivery from the nearby Chinese restaurant.
出で前まえを取とるto get food delivered
夜よる遅おそくなったので寿す司しの出で前まえを取とった。
Since it got late, we had sushi delivered.
出で前まえが来くるfor the delivery order to arrive
注ちゅう文もんしてから三さん十じっ分ぷんで出で前まえが来きた。
The delivery arrived thirty minutes after we ordered.
出で前まえをするto provide food delivery/catering (as a business)
あの店みせは昼ひるだけ出で前まえをしている。
That restaurant only does delivery during lunch hours.

Kanji

出exit, leave, go out
前in front, before

Related words

宅たく配はい
出前 refers specifically to delivering prepared meals from a restaurant, while 宅配 covers home delivery of any kind of goods.
デリバリーN3
デリバリー is the modern loanword for food delivery often used by chain restaurants and apps, while 出前 is the older, traditional term especially for local eateries like soba or sushi shops.
配はい達たつN3
配達 is a general word for delivering any item (mail, newspapers, goods), whereas 出前 is used specifically for delivering cooked food.
仕し出だし
出前 refers specifically to delivering prepared meals to a home or office, while 仕出し covers the broader catering business, including event and office meal preparation.

Word family

出で前まえ持もち
food delivery person
出で前まえ講こう師し
lecturer on demand; guest speaker on demand

Built from

出で+前まえ

Written forms

出で前まえUsage98%
Standard kanji spelling for food delivery and catering.
でまえUsage2%

Etymology

Compound of 出 (で, 'out') and 前 (まえ, 'front'), originally referring to a cook going out to a customer's location to prepare food. The meaning later extended to delivering prepared food.