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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
Instead, they act as beacons for the delivery of doses of energy that destroy cancer cells physically, rather than chemically.
How much media will move to online delivery is the subject of huge debate.
And the late delivery of ballot papers, which were securely printed abroad, delayed the voting by a week.
Notice how on the earliest ones his delivery is staid and serious-he even tells hecklers to shut up.
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