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delivery > 7 senses
NOUN1delivery, bringingThe act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
2deliveryThe event of giving birth
3delivery, manner of speaking, speechYour characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
4delivery, livery, legal transferThe voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
5delivery, pitch(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
6delivery, rescue, deliverance, savingRecovery or preservation from loss or danger
7delivery, obstetrical deliveryThe act of delivering a child
delivery > pronunciation
Soundsdihlih'veriy
Rhymesaccessory, adultery, advisory, and 194 more rhymes in eriy at the HyperDic website...
delivery > noun 1, act
MeaningThe act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail).
Examples"his reluctant delivery of bad news"
Synonymsbringing
Narrowerairdrop; consignment; passage, handing over; post; service, serving, service of process
Broadertransportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
Adjectivesdeliverable
Verbsdeliver
delivery > noun 2, event
MeaningThe event of giving birth.
Examples"she had a difficult delivery"
Broaderbirth, nativity, nascency, nascence
delivery > noun 3, communication
MeaningYour characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally.
Synonymsmanner of speaking, speech
Part ofparalanguage, paralinguistic communication
Narroweraddress; catch; tongue; shibboleth; tone, tone of voice; elocution; prosody, inflection; modulation, inflection
Broaderexpressive style, style
Verbsdeliver
delivery > noun 4, act
MeaningThe voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another.
Synonymslivery, legal transfer
Narrowersurrender; bailment
Broaderconveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
Verbsdeliver
delivery > noun 5, act
Meaning(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter.
Synonymspitch
Categorybaseball, baseball game, ball
Narrowerbalk; 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; passed ball; screwball; sinker; spitball, spitter; strike; submarine ball, submarine pitch; wild pitch
Broaderthrow
delivery > noun 6, act
MeaningRecovery or preservation from loss or danger.
Synonymsrescue, deliverance, saving
Narrowerlifesaving; redemption, salvation; reclamation, reformation; salvage; salvage; salvation; search and rescue mission
Broaderrecovery, retrieval
Verbsdeliver
delivery > noun 7, act
MeaningThe act of delivering a child.
Synonymsobstetrical delivery
Part ofchildbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
Narrowerbreech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation; cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery; forceps delivery; midwifery
Broaderdeed, feat, effort, exploit
Verbsdeliver

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