delivery

Meaning of delivery

noun
  1. the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.
    allow up to 28 days for delivery
    there will be around 15 deliveries a week
  2. the process of giving birth.
    injuries sustained during delivery
    practically all deliveries take place in hospital
  3. an act of throwing, bowling, or kicking a ball, especially a cricket ball.
    he reached 59 runs off only 42 deliveries
  4. the manner or style of giving a speech.
    her delivery was stilted
  5. the supply or provision of something.
    a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum
  6. the acknowledgement by the maker of a deed that they intend to be bound by it.

late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French delivree, feminine past participle of delivrer (see deliver).

Information about delivery

  • It is a name.
  • The plural form of delivery is: deliveries.
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Hyphenation of delivery

de-liv-ery

  • It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
  • delivery is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables

delivery synonyms

Meaning bringing:

bringing

Meaning manner of speaking:

speech

Meaning livery:

livery

Meaning pitch:

pitch

Meaning rescue:

rescue, deliverance, saving

Meaning the action or process of transporting or carrying someone or something from one place to another:

conveyance

Meaning the conveying of goods or passengers from one place to another:

carriage

Meaning the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported:

transportation

Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:

transporting

Meaning the action of transporting something or the state of being transported:

transport

Meaning the action or process of supplying goods to retailers:

distribution

Meaning the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose:

dispatch

Meaning a sum of money sent in payment or as a gift:

remittance

Meaning the carrying of goods in bulk:

freightage

Meaning the commercial transport of goods:

haulage

Meaning the carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters:

portage

Meaning the action of shipping goods:

shipment

Meaning the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being:

birth

Meaning the process of giving birth to a child:

childbirth

Meaning the action of giving birth to young; childbirth:

parturition

Meaning the action of confining or state of being confined:

confinement

Meaning the action of giving birth to a baby:

accouchement

Meaning an act of throwing something:

throw

Meaning a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid:

bowl

Meaning (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result:

lob

Meaning the way in which a word is pronounced:

pronunciation

Meaning the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech:

articulation

Meaning the rise and fall of the voice in speaking:

intonation

Meaning the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation:

elocution

Meaning the action of saying or expressing something aloud:

utterance

Meaning the giving of something to someone, especially as part of a formal ceremony:

presentation

Meaning the action of repeating something aloud from memory:

recitation

Meaning a performance of a programme of music by a soloist or small group:

recital

Meaning an act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment:

performance

Meaning the technique or style with which an artistic work is produced or carried out:

execution

delivery antonyms

Meaning the action or process of collecting someone or something:

collection

Translation of delivery

Words that rhyme with delivery

Very, very, Avery, Lavery, Savery, antislavery, beavery, bravery, engravery, gravery, knavery, overbravery, overknavery, preslavery, proslavery, quavery, quaverymavery, ravery, reavery, shavery, slavery, wavery, Severy, every, fevery, revery, severy, thievery, undershrievery, connivery, livery, misdelivery, nondelivery, postdelivery, predelivery, quivery, redelivery, rivery, shivery, slivery, spivery, undelivery, unlivery, waivery, quicksilvery, silvery, Convery, Llandovery, clovery, discovery

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