delivery

(noun)

noun

1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

- his reluctant delivery of bad news

Similar word(s): bringing

Definition categories: act, conveyance, transfer, transport, transportation

2. the event of giving birth

- she had a difficult delivery

Definition categories: event, birth, nascence, nascency, nativity

3. your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

Similar word(s): speech

Definition categories: communication, style

4. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

Similar word(s): livery

Definition categories: act, conveyance, conveyancing, conveying

5. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Similar word(s): pitch

Definition categories: act, throw

6. recovery or preservation from loss or danger

- work is the deliverance of mankind

Similar word(s): deliverance, rescue, saving

Definition categories: act, recovery, retrieval

7. the act of delivering a child

Definition categories: act, deed

Sentences with delivery as a noun:

- The delivery was completed by four.

- delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

- Your delivery is on the table.

- The delivery was painful.

- His delivery has a catch in it.

- Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

- The actor's delivery was flawless.

- Drug delivery system.