delivery

Meaning

1. (countable, uncountable) The act of conveying something.
2. (countable, uncountable) The item which has been conveyed.
3. (countable, uncountable) The act of giving birth
4. (countable, uncountable) A pitching motion.
5. (countable, uncountable) A thrown pitch.
6. (countable, uncountable) The manner of speaking or singing.
7. (countable, uncountable) The administration of a drug.
8. (countable, uncountable) A ball bowled.
9. (countable, uncountable) The process of throwing a stone.
10. (countable, uncountable) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
11. (countable, uncountable) A cross or pass

Synonyms

childbirth

birth

parturition

supply

distribution

confinement

conveyance

transmission

handing over

consignment

bringing

dispatch

labor

transfer

extradition

purveyance

communication

provision

deliver

assignment

transference

transportation

passing

payment

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pitch

giving birth

procurement

transport

handover

legal transfer

obstetrical delivery

rescue

livery

giving

discharge

surrender

child-birth

release

lying in

sending

speech

deliverance

saving

shipment

carrying

distribute

posting

manner of speaking

child-bearing

furnishment

production

propagation

grant

payoff

portage

present

procreation

provisioning

purveying

recital

recitation

redaction

refer

salvage

salvation

save

selling

serve

service

serving

subscription

supplying

taking

transaction

transmit

transporting

travail

treatment

turning over

victualling

give to

send to

releasing stored goods

one’s child

one’s other self

consignation

partus

ransmit

midwifery

airmailing

in labor

parturiency

delivery capacity

delivery of cargo

impression taking

sheet delivery

transmittal transport

air displacement

given off

abandonment

accouchment

accouchement

administration

alienation

allocation

allotment

apportionment

arrival

arrivals

assist

ball

benefit

birthing

branch

buying

carriage

carry

ceding

cession

childbearing

childbed

circulation

conveyancing

dealing

despatch

diction

diffusion

dispatching

dispensation

dispense

dissemination

drawing

editing

elocution

emission

fetching

forfeit

forfeiture

handing

handling

import

importation

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issue

lying-in

mailing

move

obstetrics

officiation

offshoot

operation

output

pass

Translations

livraison

Lieferung

entrega

levering

accouchement

Zustellung

parto

Ablieferung

Entbindung

Geburt

Pronounced as (IPA)

/dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: deliveri

In summary

From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.