delivery
Meanings
Plural: deliveries
Noun
- the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
- "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
- the event of giving birth
- "she had a difficult delivery"
- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
- (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- the act of delivering a child
- The act of conveying something.
- The item which has been conveyed.
- The act of giving birth
- A pitching motion.
- A thrown pitch.
- The manner of speaking or singing.
- The administration of a drug.
- A ball bowled.
- The process of throwing a stone.
- Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
- A cross or pass
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.
Synonyms
bringing, deliverance, legal transfer, livery, manner of speaking, obstetrical delivery, pitch, rescue, saving, speech
Scrabble Score: 15
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