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delivery
n. transference; conveyance (such as of merchandise); distribution; act of giving birth, childbirth; liberation; salvation


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Delivery
Delivery may refer to:Childbirth, the act of delivering a childDelivery of goods in commerce, e.g. pizza delivery, the delivery of pizza to a customer's home.Bowling a single ball in the sport of cricketDelivery (band), a British rock band related to the Canterbury SceneDelivery (song), a single by Babyshambles
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Delivery
Delivery /de·liv·ery/ expulsion or extraction of the child and fetal membranes at birth. abdominal delivery delivery of an infant through an [more]Delivery - Community and Resources

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delivery
Noun
1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
(synonym) bringing
(hypernym) transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
(hyponym) airdrop
(derivation) deliver
2. the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
(hypernym) birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
3. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
(synonym) manner of speaking, speech
(hypernym) expressive style, style
(hyponym) address
(part-holonym) paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
(derivation) deliver, present
4. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
(synonym) livery, legal transfer
(hypernym) conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
(hyponym) surrender
(derivation) hand over, fork over, fork out, fork up, turn in, get in, deliver, render
5. (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
(synonym) pitch
(hypernym) throw
(hyponym) balk
(classification) baseball, baseball game, ball
6. recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
(synonym) rescue, deliverance, saving
(hypernym) recovery, retrieval
(hyponym) lifesaving
(derivation) rescue, deliver
7. the act of delivering a child
(synonym) obstetrical delivery
(hypernym) deed, feat, effort, exploit
(hyponym) breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation
(part-holonym) childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
(derivation) give birth, deliver, bear, birth, have


Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)Download this dictionary
Delivery
(n.)
The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
  
 
(n.)
The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
  
 
(n.)
The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
  
 
(n.)
The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
  
 
(n.)
The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.
  
 
(n.)
The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
  

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