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Delivery

Delivery Definition And Meaning
What's The Definition Of Delivery? [n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" [n] (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter [n] the act of delivering a child [n] the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [n] the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another [n] 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" [n] the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery" Synonyms \| Synonyms for Delivery: bringing \| deliverance \| legal transfer \| livery \| manner of speaking \| obstetrical delivery \| pitch \| rescue \| saving \| speech Related Terms \| Find terms related to Delivery: abalienation \| accommodation \| accordance \| accouchement \| affranchisement \| alienation \| amortization \| amortizement \| articulation \| assignation \| assignment \| attack \| award \| awarding \| bargain and sale \| barter \| bearing \| bequeathal \| bestowal \| bestowment \| birth \| birth throes \| birthing \| blessed event \| break \| breakout \| cession \| childbearing \| childbed \| childbirth \| communication \| concession \| conduction \| conferment \| conferral \| confinement \| consignation \| consignment \| contagion \| contribution \| convection \| conveyance \| conveyancing \| deeding \| deliverance \| demise \| deportation \| diapedesis \| diffusion \| disenthrallment \| disposal \| disposition \| dissemination \| distribution \| donation \| emancipation \| Emancipation Proclamation \| emergence \| endowment \| enfeoffment \| enfranchisement \| enunciation \| escape \| escapism \| evasion \| exchange \| execution \| export \| exportation \| expression \| expulsion \| extradition \| extrication \| flight \| freeing \| furnishment \| gay liberation \| genesis \| getaway \| gifting \| giving \| giving birth \| grant \| granting \| hatching \| having a baby \| impartation \| impartment \| import \| importation \| interchange \| investiture \| issuance \| issue \| jailbreak \| labor \| leak \| leakage \| lease and release \| liberality \| liberation \| lifesaving \| manumission \| metastasis \| metathesis \| metempsychosis \| migration \| multiparity \| mutual transfer \| nascency \| nativity \| offer \| osmosis \| outlet \| parturition \| passage \| passing over \| performance \| perfusion \| phonation \| presentation \| presentment \| prisonbreak \| pronunciation \| provision \| ransom \| recovery \| redemption \| release \| rescue \| retrieval \| riddance \| sale \| salvage \| salvation \| saving \| setting at liberty \| setting-free \| settlement \| settling \| spread \| spreading \| subscription \| supplying \| surrender \| the Nativity \| the stork \| trading \| transduction \| transfer \| transfer of property \| transference \| transfusion \| transit \| transition \| translation \| translocation \| transmigration \| transmigration of souls \| transmission \| transmittal \| transmittance \| transplacement \| transplantation \| transport \| transportation \| transposal \| transposition \| travail \| travel \| utterance \| vent \| vesting \| vocalization \| voicing \| vouchsafement See Also \| abdominal delivery \| accouchement \| address \| bailment \| balk \| ball \| baseball \| baseball game \| beanball \| beaner \| bender \| birth \| breaking ball \| breech birth \| breech delivery \| breech presentation \| bullet \| caesarean \| caesarean delivery \| caesarean section \| catch \| cesarean \| cesarean delivery \| cesarean section \| cesarian \| cesarian section \| change-of-pace \| change-of-pace ball \| change-up \| childbearing \| childbirth \| consignment \| conveyance \| conveyance of title \| conveyancing \| conveying \| C-section \| curve \| curve ball \| deed \| duster \| effort \| elocution \| exploit \| expressive style \| fastball \| feat \| forceps delivery \| handing over \| heater \| hummer \| inflection \| knuckleball \| knuckler \| lifesaving \| midwifery \| modulation \| nascence \| nascency \| nativity \| off-speed pitch \| paralanguage \| paralinguistic communication \| passage \| post \| prosody \| reclamation \| recovery \| redemption \| reformation \| retrieval \| salvage \| salvation \| screwball \| search and rescue mission \| service \| service of process \| serving \| shibboleth \| sinker \| smoke \| spitball \| spitter \| strike \| style \| submarine ball \| submarine pitch \| surrender \| throw \| tone \| tone of voice \| tongue \| transfer \| transferral \| transportation \| vaginal birth \| wild pitch Delivery In Webster's Dictionary \Deliv"ery\, n.; pl. {Deliveries}. 1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon. 2. 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. 3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery. 4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes. 5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. --Sir H. Wotton. 6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

Delivery Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of Delivery?

[n] recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
[n] (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
[n] the act of delivering a child
[n] the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
[n] the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
[n] 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"
[n] the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"

Delivery In Webster's Dictionary

\De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl. {Deliveries}.
1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release;
   liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his
   dungeon.

2. 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.

3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a
   good delivery; a clear delivery.

4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or
   extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

         Neater limbs and freer delivery.      --Sir H.
                                               Wotton.

6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher
   has a swift delivery.

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