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delivery

/ delivery /
noun

Definitions & Examples

noun Sense 1
the act of delivering a child
Type of:
deed feat effort
Kinds of:
breech delivery breech birth breech presentation cesarean delivery caesarean delivery
Has parts:
childbirth childbearing accouchement
Derived:
give birth deliver bear birth have
noun Sense 2
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
"his reluctant delivery of bad news"
Type of:
transportation transfer transferral
Kinds of:
airdrop consignment passage handing over post
Derived:
deliver
noun Sense 3
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
Type of:
conveyance conveyance of title conveyancing
Kinds of:
surrender bailment
Derived:
hand over fork over fork out fork up turn in
noun Sense 4
the event of giving birth
"she had a difficult delivery"
Type of:
birth nativity nascency
noun Sense 5
(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
Type of:
throw
Kinds of:
balk ball beanball beaner change-up
Derived:
deliver pitch
Domain:
baseball baseball game ball
noun Sense 6
recovery or preservation from loss or danger
"work is the deliverance of mankind"
"a surgeon''s job is the saving of lives"
Type of:
recovery retrieval
Kinds of:
lifesaving redemption salvation reclamation reformation
Derived:
rescue deliver
noun Sense 7
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"
Type of:
expressive style style
Kinds of:
address catch tongue shibboleth tone
Has parts:
paralanguage paralinguistic communication
Derived:
deliver present
Semantic Complexity
77%
Sense Count
7
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
66
Times Searched
2
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deed feat effort breech delivery breech birth breech presentation cesarean delivery caesarean delivery transportation transfer transferral airdrop