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delivery

noun · 18 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Australian, Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/
  • Australia: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -ɪvəɹi
  • CMU ARPABET: D IH0 L IH1 V ER0 IY0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

The act of conveying something.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The delivery was completed by four.
  • delivery of a nuclear missile to its target

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The item which has been conveyed.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • Your delivery is on the table.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: consignment

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The act or process of a mother giving birth.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, obstetrics, sciences

Examples

  • Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition
  • The delivery was painful.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: childbirth, parturition

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

A pitching motion.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • His delivery has a catch in it.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

A thrown pitch.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, baseball, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

Examples

  • Here is the delivery; ... strike three!

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

noun

Meaning 6

The manner of speaking or singing.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Examples

  • The actor's delivery was flawless.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

noun

Meaning 7

The administration of a drug.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: medicine, sciences

Examples

  • drug delivery system

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

A ball bowled.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, cricket, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

9

noun

Meaning 9

The process of throwing a stone.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, curling, games, hobbies, lifestyle, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

10

noun

Meaning 10

Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: biology, genetics, medicine, natural-sciences, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

11

noun

Meaning 11

A cross or pass

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

12

noun

Meaning 12

the act of delivering a child

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: obstetrical delivery

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: act, deed, human action, human activity

Narrower terms: breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation, cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, caesarian delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, caesarian section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, caesarian, abdominal delivery, forceps delivery, midwifery

13

noun

Meaning 13

recovery or preservation from loss or danger

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • work is the deliverance of mankind
  • a surgeon's job is the saving of lives

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: rescue, deliverance, saving

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: recovery, retrieval

Narrower terms: lifesaving, redemption, salvation, reclamation, reformation, salvage, search and rescue mission

14

noun

Meaning 14

(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: pitch

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: throw

Narrower terms: 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, sinker, spitball, spitter, strike, submarine ball, submarine pitch, wild pitch

15

noun

Meaning 15

the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his reluctant delivery of bad news

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: bringing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance

Narrower terms: airdrop, consignment, passage, handing over, post, service, serving, service of process

16

noun

Meaning 16

the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: livery, legal transfer

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying

Narrower terms: surrender, bailment

17

noun

Meaning 17

your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
  • her speech was barren of southernisms
  • I detected a slight accent in his speech

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: manner of speaking, speech

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: expressive style, style

Narrower terms: address, catch, tongue, shibboleth, tone, tone of voice, elocution, prosody, inflection, modulation

18

noun

Meaning 18

the event of giving birth

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

Examples

  • she had a difficult delivery

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: birth, nativity, nascency, nascence

History

Etymology

From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Across languages

Translations

190 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: تَوْصِيل (tawṣīl) — act of conveying something
  • Arabic: تَسْلِيم (taslīm) — act of conveying something
  • Arabic: تَوْزِيع (tawzīʕ) — act of conveying something
  • Armenian: առաքում (aṙakʻum) — act of conveying something
  • Asturian: entrega — act of conveying something
  • Azerbaijani: çatdırılma — act of conveying something
  • Belarusian: даста́ўка (dastáwka) — act of conveying something
  • Bulgarian: доста́вка (dostávka) — act of conveying something
  • Catalan: lliurament — act of conveying something
  • Catalan: entrega — act of conveying something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 投遞 /投递 (tóudì) — act of conveying something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 傳遞 /传递 (chuándì) — act of conveying something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 交貨 /交货 (jiāohuò) — act of conveying something
  • Chinese Mandarin: 遞送 /递送 (dìsòng) — act of conveying something
  • Czech: doručení — act of conveying something
  • Danish: leverance — act of conveying something
  • Danish: indlevering — act of conveying something
  • Danish: udlevering — act of conveying something
  • Danish: levering — act of conveying something
  • Dutch: levering — act of conveying something
  • Estonian: tarne — act of conveying something
  • Finnish: toimitus — act of conveying something
  • French: livraison — act of conveying something
  • Galician: entrega — act of conveying something
  • German: Lieferung — act of conveying something
  • Greek: παράδοση (parádosi) — act of conveying something
  • Greek: επίδοση (epídosi) — act of conveying something
  • Hebrew: שְׁלִיחָה (sh'likhá) — act of conveying something
  • Hebrew: מְסִירָה (m'sirá) — act of conveying something
  • Hebrew: הוֹבָלָה (hovalá) — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: átadás — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: kézbesítés — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: kiszállítás — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: házhoz vitel — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: leszállítás — act of conveying something
  • Hungarian: szállítás — act of conveying something
  • Indonesian: ongkir — act of conveying something
  • Italian: consegna — act of conveying something
  • Italian: distribuzione — act of conveying something
  • Japanese: 配達 (haitatsu) — act of conveying something
  • Japanese: 引き渡し (hikiwatashi) — act of conveying something
  • Japanese: 伝送 (densō) — act of conveying something
  • Korean: 배달 (baedal) — act of conveying something
  • Latvian: piegāde — act of conveying something
  • Macedonian: достава (dostava) — act of conveying something
  • Macedonian: испорака (isporaka) — act of conveying something
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leveranse — act of conveying something
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: leveranse — act of conveying something
  • Polish: dostawa — act of conveying something
  • Portuguese: entrega — act of conveying something
  • Romanian: livrare — act of conveying something
  • Russian: доста́вка (dostávka) — act of conveying something
  • Russian: поста́вка (postávka) — act of conveying something
  • Russian: разво́зка (razvózka) — act of conveying something
  • Russian: заво́з (zavóz) — act of conveying something
  • Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh — act of conveying something
  • Serbo-Croatian: до̏става — act of conveying something
  • Serbo-Croatian: и̏спорука — act of conveying something
  • Serbo-Croatian: dȍstava — act of conveying something
  • Serbo-Croatian: ȉsporuka — act of conveying something
  • Slovak: doručenie — act of conveying something
  • Slovene: dostava — act of conveying something
  • Spanish: entrega — act of conveying something
  • Spanish: reparto — act of conveying something
  • Swedish: leverans — act of conveying something
  • Turkish: teslimat — act of conveying something
  • Ukrainian: доста́вка (dostávka) — act of conveying something
  • Armenian: առաքում (aṙakʻum) — item which has been conveyed
  • Bulgarian: доста́вка (dostávka) — item which has been conveyed
  • Czech: zásilka — item which has been conveyed
  • Danish: leverance — item which has been conveyed
  • Danish: levering — item which has been conveyed
  • Estonian: saadetis — item which has been conveyed
  • Finnish: lähetys — item which has been conveyed
  • German: Lieferung — item which has been conveyed
  • Hebrew: מִשְׁלוֹחַ (mishloákh) — item which has been conveyed
  • Hungarian: küldemény — item which has been conveyed
  • Hungarian: szállítmány — item which has been conveyed
  • Hungarian: csomag — item which has been conveyed
  • Japanese: 配達物 (haitatsubutsu) — item which has been conveyed
  • Korean: 배달물 (baedalmul) — item which has been conveyed
  • Macedonian: пратка (pratka) — item which has been conveyed
  • Polish: dostawa — item which has been conveyed
  • Portuguese: entrega — item which has been conveyed
  • Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh — item which has been conveyed
  • Swedish: leverans — item which has been conveyed
  • Arabic: مَخَاض (maḵāḍ) — act of giving birth
  • Arabic: وَضْع (waḍʕ) — act of giving birth
  • Arabic: وِلَادَة (wilāda) — act of giving birth
  • Armenian: ծննդաբերություն (cnndaberutʻyun) — act of giving birth
  • Belarusian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Belarusian: нараджэ́нне (naradžénnje) — act of giving birth
  • Bulgarian: ра́ждане (ráždane) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 出生 (chūshēng) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 分娩 (fēnmiǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 生產 /生产 (shēngchǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Chinese Mandarin: 娩 (miǎn) — act of giving birth
  • Czech: porod — act of giving birth
  • Danish: nedkomst — act of giving birth
  • Dutch: bevalling — act of giving birth
  • Dutch: verlossing — act of giving birth
  • Dutch: geboorte — act of giving birth
  • Esperanto: akuŝo — act of giving birth
  • Finnish: synnytys — act of giving birth
  • French: accouchement — act of giving birth
  • French: parturition — act of giving birth
  • French: naissance — act of giving birth
  • German: Entbindung — act of giving birth
  • German: Geburt — act of giving birth
  • Greek: γέννα (génna) — act of giving birth
  • Ancient Greek: τοκετός (toketós) — act of giving birth
  • Hebrew: לידה \ לֵדָה (leidá) — act of giving birth
  • Hindi: प्रसूति (prasūti) — act of giving birth
  • Hungarian: szülés — act of giving birth
  • Hungarian: világra hozás — act of giving birth
  • Hungarian: világra hozatal — act of giving birth
  • Indonesian: pelahiran — act of giving birth
  • Italian: parto — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: 分娩 (bunben) — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: 出産 (shussan) — act of giving birth
  • Japanese: お産 (osan) — act of giving birth
  • Korean: 분만 (bunman) — act of giving birth
  • Korean: 해산 (haesan) — act of giving birth
  • Korean: 출산 (chulsan) — act of giving birth
  • Latin: puerperium — act of giving birth
  • Latvian: dzemdības — act of giving birth
  • Macedonian: пораѓање (poraǵanje) — act of giving birth
  • Malay: kelahiran — act of giving birth
  • Norman: accouochement — act of giving birth
  • Old English: tēam — act of giving birth
  • Persian: تولد (tavallod) — act of giving birth
  • Persian: زایمان (zâymân) — act of giving birth
  • Polish: poród — act of giving birth
  • Portuguese: parto — act of giving birth
  • Russian: ро́ды (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Russian: рожде́ние (roždénije) — act of giving birth
  • Scottish Gaelic: breith — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̏рођа̄ј — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: по̀род — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: pȍrođāj — act of giving birth
  • Serbo-Croatian: pòrod — act of giving birth
  • Slovak: pôrod — act of giving birth
  • Slovene: porod — act of giving birth
  • Spanish: parto — act of giving birth
  • Spanish: nacimiento — act of giving birth
  • Spanish: alumbramiento — act of giving birth
  • Swedish: förlossning — act of giving birth
  • Tajik: таваллуд (tavallud) — act of giving birth
  • Tajik: зоймон (zoymon) — act of giving birth
  • Tamil: பிரசவம் (piracavam) — act of giving birth
  • Telugu: ప్రసవం (prasavaṁ) — act of giving birth
  • Ukrainian: ро́ди (ródy) — act of giving birth
  • Ukrainian: поло́ги (polóhy) — act of giving birth
  • Ukrainian: наро́дження (naródžennja) — act of giving birth
  • Danish: kast — pitching motion
  • Danish: aflevering — pitching motion
  • Finnish: syöttö — pitching motion
  • Japanese: 投球法 (tōkyūhō) — pitching motion
  • Korean: 투구법 (tugubeop) — pitching motion
  • Portuguese: lançamento — pitching motion
  • Danish: kast — thrown pitch
  • Danish: aflevering — thrown pitch
  • Finnish: syöttö — thrown pitch
  • Japanese: 投球 (tōkyū) — thrown pitch
  • Korean: 투구 (tugu) — thrown pitch
  • Arabic: إِلْقَاء (ʔilqāʔ) — manner of speaking
  • Czech: přednes — manner of speaking
  • Danish: fremførelse — manner of speaking
  • Danish: foredrag — manner of speaking
  • Finnish: äänenkäyttö — manner of speaking
  • French: élocution — manner of speaking
  • French: débit — manner of speaking
  • Hungarian: előadásmód — manner of speaking
  • Hungarian: tolmácsolás — manner of speaking
  • Hungarian: előadás — manner of speaking
  • Japanese: 話し方 (hanashikata) — manner of speaking
  • Japanese: 弁舌 (benzetsu) — manner of speaking
  • Korean: 말솜씨 (malsomssi) — manner of speaking
  • Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh — manner of speaking
  • Slovak: prednes — manner of speaking
  • Spanish: presentación — manner of speaking
  • Spanish: impartición — manner of speaking
  • Czech: podání — administration of a drug
  • Danish: udlevering — administration of a drug
  • Finnish: annostelu — administration of a drug
  • French: administration — administration of a drug
  • Hungarian: beadás — administration of a drug
  • Hungarian: bevétel — administration of a drug
  • Hungarian: alkalmazás — administration of a drug
  • Portuguese: administração — administration of a drug
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