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Webster 1913 Edition

Delivery

De-liv′er-y

Noun.

;

pl.

Deliveries

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation;

as, the

delivery

of a captive from his dungeon

The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution;

as, the

delivery

of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking;

as, a good

delivery

; a clear

delivery

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

The act of exerting one’s strength or limbs.

Neater limbs and freer

delivery

Sir H. Wotton.

The act or manner of delivering a ball;

as, the pitcher has a swift

delivery

Webster 1828 Edition

Delivery

DELIVERY

, n.

The act of delivering.

Release; rescue; as from slavery, restraint, oppression or danger.

Surrender; a giving up.

A giving or passing from one to another; as the delivery of goods, or of a deed.

Utterance; pronunciation; or manner of speaking. He has a good delivery. I was charmed with his graceful delivery.

Childbirth. Is. 26.

Free motion or use of the limbs.

Definition 2024

delivery

English

Noun

delivery ‎(plural deliveries)

The act of conveying something.

The delivery was completed by four.

delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
The item which has been conveyed.
Your delivery is on the table.
The act of giving birth
The delivery was painful.
(baseball) A pitching motion.
His delivery has a catch in it.
(baseball) A thrown pitch.
Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
The manner of speaking.
The actor's delivery was flawless.
- 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
  I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
- 2012 June 3, Nathan Rabin, “TV: Review: THE SIMPSONS (CLASSIC): “Mr. Plow” (season 4, episode 9; originally aired 11/19/1992)”, in (Please provide the title of the work):
  Half of the comedy in West’s self-deprecating appearance on “Mr. Plow” comes from the veteran actor’s purring, self-satisfied delivery as he tells a deeply unnerved Bart and Lisa of the newfangled, less groovy cinematic Batman
(medicine) The administration of a drug.
Drug delivery system.
(cricket) A ball bowled.
(curling) The process of throwing a stone.
(genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

Translations

act of conveying something

Arabic: تَوْصِيل m ‎(tawṣīl), تَسْلِيم m ‎(taslīm), تَوْزِيع m ‎(tawzīʿ)
Bulgarian: доставка (bg) f ‎(dostavka)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 投遞 (zh), 投递 (zh) ‎(tóudì), 傳遞 (zh), 传递 (zh) ‎(chuándì), (goods) 交貨 (zh), 交货 (zh) ‎(jiāohuò), 遞送 (zh), 递送 (zh) ‎(dìsòng)
Czech: doručení n
Dutch: levering (nl) f
Estonian: tarne
Finnish: toimitus (fi)
French: livraison (fr) f
German: Lieferung (de) f
Hebrew: שְלִיחָה f ‎(shlikhá), מְסִירָה f ‎(mesirá), הוֹבָלָה f ‎(hovalá)
Hungarian: átadás (hu), kézbesítés (hu)

Italian: consegna (it) f
Japanese: 配達 ‎(はいたつ, haitatsu), 引き渡し ‎(ひきわたし, hikiwatashi), 伝送 (ja) ‎(でんそう, densō)
Korean: 배달 (ko) ‎(baedal)
Macedonian: достава f ‎(dóstava), испорака f ‎(ispóraka)
Norwegian:

Bokmål: leveranse m

Nynorsk: leveranse m
Polish: dostawa (pl) f
Portuguese: entrega (pt)
Romanian: livrare (ro)
Russian: доста́вка (ru) f ‎(dostávka), поста́вка (ru) f ‎(postávka), разво́зка (ru) f ‎(razvózka), заво́з (ru) m ‎(zavóz)
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m
Spanish: entrega (es) f
Swedish: leverans (sv)

item which has been conveyed

Bulgarian: доставка (bg) f ‎(dostavka)
Czech: zásilka f
Estonian: saadetis
Finnish: lähetys (fi)
German: Lieferung (de) f
Hebrew: מִשְׁלוֹחַ m ‎(mishloákh)
Japanese: 配達物 (はいたつぶつ, haitatsubutsu)

Korean: 배달물 (baedalmul)
Macedonian: пратка f ‎(prátka)
Portuguese: entrega (pt) f
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m

act of giving birth

Arabic: مَخَاض m ‎(maḵāḍ), وَضْع (ar) m ‎(waḍʿ), وِلَادَة f ‎(wilāda), مِيلَاد (ar) m ‎(mīlād)
Belarusian: роды m pl ‎(ródy)
Bulgarian: раждане n ‎(raždane)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 出生 (zh) ‎(chūshēng), 分娩 (zh) ‎(fēnmiǎn), 生產 (zh), 生产 (zh) ‎(shēngchǎn), 娩 (zh) ‎(miǎn)
Czech: porod (cs) m
Dutch: bevalling (nl) f, verlossing (nl) f, geboorte (nl) f
Finnish: synnytys (fi)
French: accouchement (fr), parturition (fr) f, naissance (fr) f
German: Entbindung (de) f, Geburt (de) f
Greek: γέννα (el) f ‎(génna)
Hebrew: לֵידָה f ‎(ledá, leydá)
Hungarian: szülés (hu)
Japanese: 分娩 ‎(ぶんべん, bunben), 出産 ‎(しゅっさん, shussan), お産 (ja) ‎(おさん, osan)

Norman: accouochement m
Korean: 분만 (ko) ‎(bunman), 해산 (ko) ‎(haesan), 출산 (ko) ‎(chulsan)
Macedonian: пораѓање n ‎(poráǵanje)
Old English: tēam (ang)
Polish: poród (pl) m
Portuguese: parto (pt) m
Russian: ро́ды (ru) m pl ‎(ródy), (birth) рожде́ние (ru) n ‎(roždénije)
Serbo-Croatian:

Cyrillic: порођај m

Roman: porodjaj m
Spanish: parto (es) m, nacimiento (es) m
Swedish: förlossning (sv) c
Tamil: பிரசவம் (ta) ‎(piracavam)
Telugu: ప్రసవం (te) ‎(prasavaṃ)
Ukrainian: роди m pl ‎(ródy)

pitching motion

Finnish: syöttö (fi)
Japanese: 投球法 (とうきゅうほう, tōkyūhō)

Korean: 투구법 ‎(tugubeop)
Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m

thrown pitch

Finnish: syöttö (fi)
Japanese: 投球 ‎(とうきゅう, tōkyū)

Korean: 투구 (ko) ‎(tugu)

manner of speaking

Arabic: إِلْقَاء m ‎(ʾilqāʾ)
Finnish: äänenkäyttö
Japanese: 話し方 ‎(はなしかた, hanashikata), 弁舌 ‎(べんぜつ, benzetsu)

Korean: 말솜씨 ‎(malsomssi)
Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m

administration of a drug

Czech: podání (cs) n
Finnish: annostelu (fi)

French: administration (fr)
Portuguese: administração (pt) f

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Webster 1913 Edition

Delivery

De-liv′er-y

Webster 1828 Edition

Delivery

DELIVERY

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