delivery
Language: English
Part of speech: noun
Pronunciation: ipa: /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/
note: Indic
ipa: /ˈɖɛlɪvɛri/
note: Indic
ipa: /ɖɪlɪˈvɛri/
rhymes: -ɪvəɹi
Forms: form: deliveries
Etymology: From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.
Senses: examples: text: The delivery was completed by four.
text: delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
glosses: The act of conveying something.
examples: text: Your delivery is on the table.
synonyms: consignment
glosses: The item which has been conveyed.
examples: text: The delivery was painful.
text: During pregnancy, the Queen had been more than twice as wide as she was tall, and the act of delivery took three months and six days after it had begun.
ref: 2011, Bethesda, Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, scene: From the in-game book Beggar:
glosses: The act of giving birth
examples: text: His delivery has a catch in it.
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A pitching motion.
examples: text: Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
topics: ball-games
baseball
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A thrown pitch.
examples: text: The actor's delivery was flawless.
text: I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
ref: 1919, W[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], →OCLC:
text: Half of the comedy in West’s self-deprecating appearance on “Mr. Plow” comes from the veteran actor’s purring, self-satisfied delivery as he tells a deeply unnerved Bart and Lisa of the newfangled, less groovy cinematic Batman
ref: 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name):
glosses: The manner of speaking or singing.
examples: text: drug delivery system
topics: medicine
sciences
glosses: The administration of a drug.
topics: ball-games
cricket
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: A ball bowled.
topics: ball-games
curling
games
hobbies
lifestyle
sports
glosses: The process of throwing a stone.
topics: biology
genetics
medicine
natural-sciences
sciences
glosses: Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
examples: text: The win was secured with another moment of significance four minutes from time when captain Harry Kane, who had once again struggled to influence the game, headed in from substitute Jack Grealish's perfect delivery for his first goal of Euro 2020.
ref: 2021 June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, in BBC Sport:
topics: ball-games
games
hobbies
lifestyle
soccer
sports
glosses: A cross or pass
Hyponyms: continuous delivery
misdelivery
special delivery
Derived terms: word: advice of delivery
word: breech delivery
word: cash on delivery
word: codelivery
word: continuous delivery pipeline
word: delivery confirmation
english: or delivery man
translation: or delivery man
word: deliveryman
word: delivery note
word: delivery order
word: deliveryperson
word: delivery receipt
word: delivery room
word: delivery time
word: delivery van
word: deliverywoman
word: estimated date of delivery
word: general delivery
word: good delivery
word: home delivery
word: ice delivery door
word: interdelivery
word: milk delivery door
word: nanodelivery
word: nondelivery
word: outcome delivery
word: postdelivery
word: predelivery
word: proof of delivery
word: recorded delivery
word: red bag delivery
word: redelivery
word: take delivery
word: time of delivery
word: underdelivery