delivery

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noun

1. the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) (Freq. 3)
- his reluctant delivery of bad news
• Syn:
bringing
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver
• Hypernyms:
transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance
• Hyponyms:
airdrop, consignment, passage, handing over, post,
service, serving, service of process
2. the event of giving birth
- she had a difficult delivery
• Hypernyms:
birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
3. 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
• Syn:
manner of speaking, speech
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver
• Hypernyms:
expressive style, style
• Hyponyms:
address, catch, tongue, shibboleth, tone,
tone of voice, elocution, prosody, inflection, modulation
• Part Holonyms:
paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
4. the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
• Syn:
livery, legal transfer
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver
• Hypernyms:
conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
• Hyponyms:
surrender, bailment
5. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
• Syn:
pitch
• Derivationally related forms:
pitch (for: pitch)
• Topics:
baseball, baseball game
• Hypernyms:
throw
• Hyponyms:
balk, ball, beanball, beaner, change-up,
change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch, curve, curve ball, breaking ball,
bender, duster, fastball, heater, smoke, hummer,
bullet, knuckleball, knuckler, overhand pitch, passed ball, screwball,
screwball, spitball, spitter, strike, submarine ball,
submarine pitch, wild pitch
6. recovery or preservation from loss or danger
- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon's job is the saving of lives
• Syn:
rescue, deliverance, saving
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver, deliver (for: deliverance), rescue (for: rescue)
• Hypernyms:
recovery, retrieval
• Hyponyms:
lifesaving, redemption, salvation, reclamation, reformation,
salvage, search and rescue mission
7. the act of delivering a child
• Syn:
obstetrical delivery
• Derivationally related forms:
deliver
• Hypernyms:
act, deed, human action, human activity
• Hyponyms:
breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation, cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery,
caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section,
C-section, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery,
forceps delivery, midwifery
• Part Holonyms:
childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  obstetrical delivery, rescue, deliverance, saving, pitch, livery, legal transfer, manner of speaking, speech, bringing