Delivery

Pronunciation

• UK IPA: /dɪˈlɪv(É™)ɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪv(É™)ɹi

Origin

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Full definition of delivery

Noun

1. The act of conveying something.The delivery was completed by four.delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
2. The item which has been conveyed.Your delivery is on the table.
3. The act of giving birthThe delivery was painful.
4. (baseball) A pitching motion.''His delivery has a catch in it.
5. (baseball) A thrown pitch.''Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
6. The manner of speaking.The actor's delivery was flawless.
• 1919, William Somerset Maugham, ,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), 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
7. (medicine) administration of a drugDrug delivery system.
8. (cricket) A ball bowled.
9. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.

Derived terms

• delivery room
• special delivery