delivery
noun
de·liv·ery di-ˈli-v(ə-)rē 
dē-
plural deliveries
: the act or manner of delivering something
also : something delivered
Synonyms
- discharge
- quietus
- quittance
- release
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Example Sentences
The delivery is scheduled for this morning. The company offers free delivery with orders over $100. Someone has to be home to accept delivery of the package. Allow six weeks for delivery. The baby weighed almost seven pounds at the time of delivery. The doctor expects it to be a routine delivery. The doctor has had three deliveries today. The joke was funny, but his delivery was terrible. I need to work on my delivery before I give the speech. See More
Recent Examples on the Web The General Motors subsidiary, BrigthDrop, will offer self-driving electric commercial delivery vehicles in the future. 
Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 The condition increases the chances of miscarriage and preterm delivery, according to the Cleveland Clinic. al, 7 Sep. 2022 The science of sound delivery has never stood still, Chapman pointed out. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 Sep. 2022 The growth has been made possible by the company’s increasing fleet of delivery vehicles and warehouses. Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 Walmart signed an agreement with Canoo in July to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle, with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 Canoo is also set to supply Walmart with 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles next year. Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 26 Aug. 2022 Amazon has been rolling out a virtual treatment system known as Amazon Care nationally, but telehealth — conferring with doctors remotely — is still a small, albeit growing, variety of healthcare delivery, with obvious limitations. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Under the steps outlined Tuesday, Arizona will lose 592,000 acre-feet of its river allocation in 2023, which represents 21% of its usual delivery. Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 See More
Detroit Free Press, 9 Sep. 2022 The condition increases the chances of miscarriage and preterm delivery, according to the Cleveland Clinic. al, 7 Sep. 2022 The science of sound delivery has never stood still, Chapman pointed out. Billboard Staff, Billboard, 7 Sep. 2022 The growth has been made possible by the company’s increasing fleet of delivery vehicles and warehouses. Alexander Onukwue, Quartz, 1 Sep. 2022 Walmart signed an agreement with Canoo in July to purchase 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles, beginning with the Lifestyle Delivery Vehicle, with the option to purchase up to 10,000 units. Sheryl Estrada, Fortune, 29 Aug. 2022 Canoo is also set to supply Walmart with 4,500 all-electric delivery vehicles next year. Matthew Humphries, PCMAG, 26 Aug. 2022 Amazon has been rolling out a virtual treatment system known as Amazon Care nationally, but telehealth — conferring with doctors remotely — is still a small, albeit growing, variety of healthcare delivery, with obvious limitations. Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 18 Aug. 2022 Under the steps outlined Tuesday, Arizona will lose 592,000 acre-feet of its river allocation in 2023, which represents 21% of its usual delivery. Debra Utacia Krol, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2022 See More Word History
First Known Use
15th century, in the meaning defined above
Phrases Containing delivery
Kids Definition
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery di-ˈli-və-rē
-ˈli-vrē
plural deliveries
1
: the transfer of something from one place or person to another
delivery of the mail
2
: a setting free from something that restricts or burdens
We prayed for delivery from our troubles.
3
: the act of giving birth
4
: speaking or manner of speaking (as of a formal speech) His passionate delivery stirred the audience.
5
: the act or way of throwing
an underhand delivery
Medical Definition
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery di-ˈliv-(ə-)rē
plural deliveries
1
: the act of giving birth : the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes : parturition
2
: the procedure of assisting birth of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta by manual, instrumental, or surgical means
Legal Definition
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
plural deliveries
: an act that shows a transferor's intent to make a transfer of property (as a gift)
especially : the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another
— actual delivery
: a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates)
— conditional delivery
: a delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition compare gift causa mortis at gift
Note: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable.
— constructive delivery
: a delivery of a representation of property (as a written instrument) or means of possession (as a key) that is construed by a court as sufficient to show the transferor's intent or to put the property under the transferee's control
called also symbolic delivery
delivery
noun
1
as in release
a freeing from an obligation or responsibility the school bell signaled our delivery from the tortures of math class Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- release
- discharge
- exemption
- waiver
- dispensation
- immunity
- quittance
- quietus
2
as in childbirth
the act or process of giving birth to children her second delivery took only three hours Synonyms & Similar Words
- childbirth
- pregnancy
- childbearing
- labor
- parturition
- abortion
- miscarriage
- travail
- contraction
- pains
- accouchement
- birth pang
- confinement
- natural childbirth
- cesarean section
- childbed
- caesarean section
- lying-in
- high-stepper
- high-stepping
- high-sticking
- high-strung
- high-tech
- high-temperature
- high-temperature cement
- high-temperature short-time method
- high-tension
- high-test
- high-test hypochlorite
- high-ticket
- high-toned
- high-top
- high-tops
- high-up
- high-voltage
- high-warp
- high-water
- high-water line
- high-water mark
- high-water marks
- high-water shrub
- high-wire
- high-wire act