delivery
Meaning of delivery
noun
- the action of delivering letters, parcels, or goods.
allow up to 28 days for delivery
there will be around 15 deliveries a week
- the process of giving birth.
injuries sustained during delivery
practically all deliveries take place in hospital
- an act of throwing, bowling, or kicking a ball, especially a cricket ball.
he reached 59 runs off only 42 deliveries
- the manner or style of giving a speech.
her delivery was stilted
- the supply or provision of something.
a mechanism for rapid delivery of bile into the duodenum
- the acknowledgement by the maker of a deed that they intend to be bound by it.
late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French delivree, feminine past participle of delivrer (see deliver).
Information about delivery
- It is a name.
- The plural form of delivery is: deliveries.
- Languages in which delivery is used:
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Hyphenation of delivery
de-liv-ery
- It consists of 3 syllables and 8 chars.
- delivery is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
delivery synonyms
Meaning bringing:
Meaning manner of speaking:
Meaning livery:
Meaning pitch:
Meaning rescue:
Meaning the action or process of transporting or carrying someone or something from one place to another:
Meaning the conveying of goods or passengers from one place to another:
Meaning the action of transporting someone or something or the process of being transported:
Meaning take or carry (people or goods) from one place to another by means of a vehicle, aircraft, or ship:
Meaning the action of transporting something or the state of being transported:
Meaning the action or process of supplying goods to retailers:
Meaning the sending of someone or something to a destination or for a purpose:
Meaning a sum of money sent in payment or as a gift:
Meaning the carrying of goods in bulk:
Meaning the commercial transport of goods:
Meaning the carrying of a boat or its cargo between two navigable waters:
Meaning the action of shipping goods:
Meaning the emergence of a baby or other young from the body of its mother; the start of life as a physically separate being:
Meaning the process of giving birth to a child:
Meaning the action of giving birth to young; childbirth:
Meaning the action of confining or state of being confined:
Meaning the action of giving birth to a baby:
Meaning an act of throwing something:
Meaning a round, deep dish or basin used for food or liquid:
Meaning (in sport) a ball lobbed over an opponent or a stroke producing this result:
Meaning the way in which a word is pronounced:
Meaning the formation of clear and distinct sounds in speech:
Meaning the rise and fall of the voice in speaking:
Meaning the skill of clear and expressive speech, especially of distinct pronunciation and articulation:
Meaning the action of saying or expressing something aloud:
Meaning the giving of something to someone, especially as part of a formal ceremony:
Meaning the action of repeating something aloud from memory:
Meaning a performance of a programme of music by a soloist or small group:
Meaning an act of presenting a play, concert, or other form of entertainment:
Meaning the technique or style with which an artistic work is produced or carried out:
delivery antonyms
Meaning the action or process of collecting someone or something:
Translation of delivery
Words that rhyme with delivery
Very, very, Avery, Lavery, Savery, antislavery, beavery, bravery, engravery, gravery, knavery, overbravery, overknavery, preslavery, proslavery, quavery, quaverymavery, ravery, reavery, shavery, slavery, wavery, Severy, every, fevery, revery, severy, thievery, undershrievery, connivery, livery, misdelivery, nondelivery, postdelivery, predelivery, quivery, redelivery, rivery, shivery, slivery, spivery, undelivery, unlivery, waivery, quicksilvery, silvery, Convery, Llandovery, clovery, discovery
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