Definitions for delivery
dɪˈlɪv ə ride·liv·ery

Princeton's WordNet(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. delivery, bringing(noun)

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

   "his reluctant delivery of bad news"

2. delivery(noun)

   the event of giving birth

   "she had a difficult delivery"

3. manner of speaking, speech, 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"

4. delivery, livery, legal transfer(noun)

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

5. pitch, delivery(noun)

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

6. rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving(noun)

   recovery or preservation from loss or danger

   "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"

7. delivery, obstetrical delivery(noun)

   the act of delivering a child

Wiktionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. delivery(Noun)

   The act of conveying something

   The delivery was completed by four.

2. delivery(Noun)

   The item which has been conveyed

   Your delivery is on the table.

3. delivery(Noun)

   The act of giving birth

   The delivery was painful.

4. delivery(Noun)

   A pitching motion

   His delivery has a catch in it.

5. delivery(Noun)

   A thrown pitch

   Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

6. delivery(Noun)

   The manner of speaking

   The actor's delivery was flawless.

7. delivery(Noun)

   administration of a drug

   Drug delivery system.

8. delivery(Noun)

   A ball bowled

9. delivery(Noun)

   The process of throwing a stone

10. delivery(Adjective)

    Related to delivery.

11. delivery(Noun)

    Plural form of deliveryman.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Delivery(noun)

   the act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon

2. Delivery(noun)

   the act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters

3. Delivery(noun)

   the act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery

4. Delivery(noun)

   the act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes

5. Delivery(noun)

   the act of exerting one's strength or limbs

6. Delivery(noun)

   the act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery

Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Delivery

   A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman. During play of the game, a member of the fielding team is designated as the bowler, and bowls deliveries towards the batsman. Six balls in a row constitutes an over, after which a different member of the fielding side takes over the role of bowler for the next over. The bowler delivers the ball from his or her end of the pitch towards the batsman standing at the opposite wicket at the other end of the pitch. Bowlers can be either left handed or right handed. This approach to their delivery, in addition to their decision of bowling around the wicket or over the wicket is knowledge of which the umpire and the batsman are to be made aware.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. delivery

   To deliver or distribute.

   The delivery was on time and efficient.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 15, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'delivery' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2837

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'delivery' in Written Corpus Frequency: #3133

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'delivery' in Nouns Frequency: #1085

How to pronounce delivery?

1. 

   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

How to say delivery in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of delivery in Chaldean Numerology is: 9

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of delivery in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of delivery in a Sentence

1. Norman Cousins:

   A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas-a place where history comes to life.

2. Catherine Daly:

   By using their own proprietary delivery platforms with other prostaglandin drugs they could become major competitors to Allergan in the future.

3. Isabella Appell:

   We've all helped in little ways, it's become a family project : setting up the website, photography, responding to emails, preparing the masks for shipping, delivery to the post office and other things.

4. Mary Karapetian Alvord:

   What is now approved in terms of insurance reimbursement for many insurance companies in Maryland means online therapy is a real-time service that includes audio and video, the way insurers have embraced this service delivery method has been an interesting development.

5. Lizzie Litzow:

   That is a completely misleading statement about the detailed contracting work FEMA does during times of disasters, in fact, FEMA awarded more than $ 3.9 billion dollars in contracts supporting response and recovery efforts for the 2017 hurricane season, with the agency canceling just three contracts. Those three companies did not meet their contract requirements when they were unable to meet the required delivery dates.

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