delivery
/dɪlˈɪvɝi/
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Definitions
Noun
the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
Noun
the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
Noun
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"
Noun
the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
Noun
(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
Noun
recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon''s job is the saving of lives"
Noun
the act of delivering a child
Synonyms
bringing
deliverance
legal transfer
livery
manner of speaking
obstetrical delivery
pitch
rescue
saving
speech
More General Terms
act
birth
conveyance
conveyance of title
conveyancing
conveying
deed
expressive style
human action
human activity
nascence
nascency
nativity
recovery
retrieval
style
throw
transfer
transferral
transport
transportation
More Specific Terms
abdominal delivery
address
airdrop
bailment
balk
ball
beanball
beaner
bender
breaking ball
breech birth
breech delivery
breech presentation
bullet
caesarean
caesarean delivery
caesarean section
caesarian
caesarian delivery
caesarian section
catch
cesarean
cesarean delivery
cesarean section
cesarian
cesarian section
change-of-pace
change-of-pace ball
change-up
consignment
C-section
curve
curve ball
duster
elocution
fastball
forceps delivery
handing over
heater
hummer
inflection
knuckleball
knuckler
lifesaving
midwifery
modulation
off-speed pitch
overhand pitch
passage
passed ball
post
prosody
reclamation
redemption
reformation
salvage
salvation
screwball
search and rescue mission
service
service of process
serving
shibboleth
sinker
smoke
spitball
spitter
strike
submarine ball
submarine pitch
surrender
tone
tone of voice
tongue
wild pitch