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ə noun, plural de·liv·er·ies.
1.
the carrying and turning over of letters, goods, etc., to a designated recipient or recipients.
2.
a giving up or handing over; surrender.
3.
the utterance or enunciation of words.
4.
vocal and bodily behavior during the presentation of a speech: a speaker's fine delivery.
5.
the act or manner of giving or sending forth: the pitcher's fine delivery of the ball.
6.
the state of being delivered of or giving birth to a child; parturition.
7.
something delivered: The delivery is late today.
8.
Commerce. a shipment of goods from the seller to the buyer.
9.
Law. a formal act performed to make a transfer of property legally effective: a delivery of deed.
10.
Printing.. Also called delivery end. the part of a printing press where the paper emerges in printed form.
11.
Archaic. release or rescue; liberation; deliverance.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English delyvere, delyvery < Anglo-French delivrée, noun use of feminine past participle of delivrer to deliver, with suffix assimilated to -ery
1400–50; late Middle English delyvere, delyvery < Anglo-French delivrée, noun use of feminine past participle of delivrer to deliver, with suffix assimilated to -ery
Related forms
mis·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural mis·de·liv·er·ies.
non·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural non·de·liv·er·ies.
post·de·liv·er·y, adjective
pre·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural pre·de·liv·er·ies.
re·de·liv·er·y, noun, plural re·de·liv·er·ies.
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World English Dictionary
delivery (dɪˈlɪvərɪ) ![[Click for IPA pronunciation guide]](http://static.sfdict.com/dictstatic/g/d/dictionary_questionbutton_default.gif) | |
| —n , pl -eries | |
| 1. | a. the act of delivering or distributing goods, mail, etc |
| b. something that is delivered | |
| c. (as modifier): a delivery service | |
| 2. | the act of giving birth to a child: she had an easy delivery |
| 3. | manner or style of utterance, esp in public speaking or recitation: the chairman had a clear delivery |
| 4. | the act of giving or transferring or the state of being given or transferred |
| 5. | the act of rescuing or state of being rescued; liberation |
| 6. | sport |
| a. the act or manner of bowling or throwing a ball | |
| b. the ball so delivered: a fast delivery | |
| 7. | an actual or symbolic handing over of property, a deed, etc |
| 8. | the discharge rate of a compressor or pump |
| 9. | (in South Africa) the supply of basic services to communities deprived under apartheid |
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Word Origin & History
delivery
late 15c., "action of handing over to another," from Anglo-Fr. delivrée, fem. pp. of délivrer (see deliver). Childbirth sense is attested from 1570s. Of speech, from 1580s. Of a blow, throw of a ball, etc., from 1702.
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American Heritage
Medical Dictionary
delivery de·liv·er·y (dĭ-lĭv'ə-rē, -lĭv'rē)
n.
The expulsion or extraction of a child and the fetal membranes through the birth canal into the external world.
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Example sentences
Application materials will not be accepted via fax, e-mail, mail or hand delivery.
The president of an online university says the quality of education is largely independent of the mode of delivery.
Crack was cheap and could be smoked, a method of delivery that intensified the pleasure and the risk.
Water is distributed through underground pipelines and metered at each delivery point.
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