English noun: delivery | |||
1. | delivery (act) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) | ||
Samples | His reluctant delivery of bad news. | ||
Synonyms | bringing | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conveyance, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | airdrop, consignment, handing over, passage, post, service, service of process, serving | ||
2. | delivery (event) the event of giving birth | ||
Samples | She had a difficult delivery. | ||
Broader (hypernym) | birth, nascence, nascency, nativity | ||
3. | delivery (communication) your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | ||
Samples | His manner of speaking was quite abrupt. Her speech was barren of southernisms. I detected a slight accent in his speech. | ||
Synonyms | manner of speaking, speech | ||
Broader (hypernym) | expressive style, style | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | address, catch, elocution, inflection, inflection, modulation, prosody, shibboleth, tone, tone of voice, tongue | ||
Part meronym | paralanguage, paralinguistic communication | ||
4. | delivery (act) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | ||
Synonyms | legal transfer, livery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | bailment, surrender | ||
5. | delivery (act) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter | ||
Synonyms | pitch | ||
Broader (hypernym) | throw | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balk, ball, beanball, beaner, bender, breaking ball, bullet, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, curve, curve ball, duster, fastball, heater, hummer, knuckleball, knuckler, off-speed pitch, overhand pitch, passed ball, screwball, sinker, smoke, spitball, spitter, strike, submarine ball, submarine pitch, wild pitch | ||
Domain category | baseball, baseball game | ||
6. | delivery (act) recovery or preservation from loss or danger | ||
Samples | Work is the deliverance of mankind. A surgeon's job is the saving of lives. | ||
Synonyms | deliverance, rescue, saving | ||
Broader (hypernym) | recovery, retrieval | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | lifesaving, reclamation, redemption, reformation, salvage, salvage, salvation, salvation, search and rescue mission | ||
7. | delivery (act) the act of delivering a child | ||
Synonyms | obstetrical delivery | ||
Broader (hypernym) | act, deed, human action, human activity | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | abdominal delivery, breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section, forceps delivery, midwifery | ||
Part meronym | accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth | ||