1. The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
   "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
   - bringing 
2. The event of giving birth
   "she had a difficult delivery" 
3. Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
   - manner of speaking, speech 
4. The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
   - livery, legal transfer 
5. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
   - pitch 
6. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger
   - rescue, deliverance, saving 
7. The act of delivering a child
   - obstetrical delivery

Derived forms: deliveries

See also: deliver, deliverable

Type of: act, birth, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, deed, expressive style, human action, human activity, nascence, nascency, nativity, recovery, retrieval, style, throw, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Part of: accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, paralanguage, paralinguistic communication, vaginal birth

Encyclopedia: Delivery

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