delivery Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
    bringing.
    • his reluctant delivery of bad news
  2. noun the event of giving birth
    • she had a difficult delivery
  3. noun your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
    manner of speaking; speech.
    • his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
    • her speech was barren of southernisms
    • I detected a slight accent in his speech
  4. noun the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
    legal transfer; livery.
  5. noun (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
    pitch.
  6. noun recovery or preservation from loss or danger
    saving; rescue; deliverance.
    • work is the deliverance of mankind
    • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
  7. noun the act of delivering a child
    obstetrical delivery.

WordNet

De*liv"er*y noun
Wordforms
plural Deliveries
Definitions
  1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.
  2. 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. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
  4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
  5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
    Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.
  6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

Webster 1913