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Definition of Delivery
1. Noun. The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). "His reluctant delivery of bad news"
Generic synonyms: Conveyance, Transfer, Transferral, Transport, Transportation
Specialized synonyms: Airdrop, Consignment, Handing Over, Passage, Post, Service, Service Of Process, Serving
Derivative terms: Deliver
2. Noun. The event of giving birth. "She had a difficult delivery"
3. Noun. Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally. "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
Generic synonyms: Expressive Style, Style
Specialized synonyms: Address, Catch, Tongue, Shibboleth, Tone, Tone Of Voice, Elocution, Inflection, Prosody, Inflection, Modulation
Group relationships: Paralanguage, Paralinguistic Communication
Derivative terms: Deliver
4. Noun. The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another.
Specialized synonyms: Surrender, Bailment
Generic synonyms: Conveyance, Conveyance Of Title, Conveyancing, Conveying
Derivative terms: Deliver
5. Noun. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
Generic synonyms: Throw
Specialized synonyms: Balk, Ball, Beanball, Beaner, Change-of-pace, Change-of-pace Ball, Change-up, Off-speed Pitch, Bender, Breaking Ball, Curve, Curve Ball, Duster, Bullet, Fastball, Heater, Hummer, Smoke, Knuckleball, Knuckler, Overhand Pitch, Passed Ball, Screwball, Sinker, Spitball, Spitter, Strike, Submarine Ball, Submarine Pitch, Wild Pitch
Category relationships: Baseball, Baseball Game
Derivative terms: Pitch
6. Noun. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. "A surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
Generic synonyms: Recovery, Retrieval
Specialized synonyms: Lifesaving, Redemption, Salvation, Reclamation, Reformation, Salvage, Salvage, Salvation, Search And Rescue Mission
Derivative terms: Deliver, Deliver, Rescue
7. Noun. The act of delivering a child.
Generic synonyms: Act, Deed, Human Action, Human Activity
Specialized synonyms: Breech Birth, Breech Delivery, Breech Presentation, Abdominal Delivery, C-section, Caesarean, Caesarean Delivery, Caesarean Section, Caesarian, Caesarian Delivery, Caesarian Section, Cesarean, Cesarean Delivery, Cesarean Section, Cesarian, Cesarian Section, Forceps Delivery, Midwifery
Group relationships: Accouchement, Childbearing, Childbirth, Vaginal Birth
Derivative terms: Deliver
Definition of Delivery
1. n. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
Definition of Delivery
1. Noun. The act of conveying something ¹
2. Noun. The item which has been conveyed ¹
3. Noun. The act of giving birth ¹
4. Noun. (baseball) A pitching motion ¹
5. Noun. (baseball) A thrown pitch ¹
6. Noun. The manner of speaking ¹
7. Noun. (medicine) administration of a drug ¹
8. Noun. (cricket) A ball bowled ¹
9. Noun. (curling) The process of throwing a stone ¹
10. Adjective. Related to '''delivery'''. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Delivery
1. the act of delivering [n -ERIES]
Medical Definition of Delivery
1. Expulsion or extraction of the child and the after-birth. (12 Dec 1998)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Delivery
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