delivery

[ dih-liv-uh-ree ]

/ dɪˈlɪv ə ri /

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noun, plural de·liv·er·ies.

the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.

a giving up or handing over; surrender.

the utterance or enunciation of words.

vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery.

the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.

the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.

something delivered: The delivery is late today.

Commerce. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.

Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed.

Printing. Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.

Archaic. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.

Nearby words

deliver the goods, deliverable, deliverance, delivered price, deliverly, delivery, delivery boy, delivery room, delivery system, delivery van, deliveryman

Origin of delivery

1400–50; late Middle English delyvere, delyvery < Anglo-French delivrée, noun use of feminine past participle of delivrer to deliver, with suffix assimilated to -ery

Related forms

mis·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural mis·de·liv·er·ies.non·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural non·de·liv·er·ies.post·de·liv·er·y, adjectivepre·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural pre·de·liv·er·ies.

re·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural re·de·liv·er·ies.

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Examples from the Web for delivery

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Both countries had coordinated with each other from the beginning, and Reagan himself had authorized the August 1985 delivery.
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When he accepted the prize, he delivered a speech that has been unfairly ignored because his delivery was so muted.
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The delivery boy at the corner chain store "knows everybody in the neighborhood" according to a passer-by.
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When he consents to the delivery of goods to be paid for at a future date, he is loaning his firm's money.
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These the village grocer's lad had brought in his delivery wagon, and it was useless to ask him by whose order.
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She still is well within the limits of Macy's own delivery service.
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As he spoke, he threw open the wide door intended for the delivery of hay into the loft from the alley below.
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British Dictionary definitions for delivery

delivery

/ (dɪˈlɪvərɪ) /

noun plural -eries

the act of delivering or distributing goods, mail, etc
something that is delivered
(as modifier)a delivery service

the act of giving birth to a childshe had an easy delivery

manner or style of utterance, esp in public speaking or recitationthe chairman had a clear delivery

the act of giving or transferring or the state of being given or transferred

the act of rescuing or state of being rescued; liberation

sport

the act or manner of bowling or throwing a ball
the ball so delivereda fast delivery

an actual or symbolic handing over of property, a deed, etc

the discharge rate of a compressor or pump

(in South Africa) the supply of basic services to communities deprived under apartheid

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Medicine definitions for delivery

delivery

[ dĭ-lĭv′ə-rē, -lĭv′rē ]

n.

The expulsion or extraction of a child and the fetal membranes through the birth canal into the external world.