delivery

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
• Rhymes: -ɪv(ə)ɹɪ

Noun

delivery (plural deliveries)

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 birth

   The 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, 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)”:

     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 drug

   Drug delivery system.

8. (cricket) A ball bowled.
9. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.

Translations

act of conveying something

• Arabic: توصيل (ar) (tawSiil) m, تسليم (ar) (tasliim) m, توزيع (ar) (tawzii3) m
• Bulgarian: доставка (bg) (dostavka) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 投遞 (cmn), 投递 (cmn) (tóudì), 傳遞 (cmn), 传递 (cmn) (chuándì), (goods) 交貨 (cmn), 交货 (cmn) (jiāohuò), 遞送 (cmn), 递送 (cmn) (dìsòng)

• Czech: doručení (cs) n
• Dutch: levering (nl) f
• Finnish: toimitus (fi)
• French: livraison (fr) f
• German: Lieferung (de) f
• Hebrew: שְלִיחָה (he) (shlikhá) f, מְסִירָה (he) (mesirá) f, הוֹבָלָה (he) (hovalá) f

• Hungarian: átadás, kézbesítés (hu)
• Italian: consegna (it) f
• Japanese: 配達 (ja) (はいたつ, haitatsu), 引き渡し (ja) (ひきわたし, hikiwatashi), 伝送 (ja) (でんそう, densō)
• Korean: 배달 (ko) (baedal)
• Macedonian: достава (mk) (dóstava) f, испорака (mk) (ispóraka) f
• Polish: dostawa f
• Portuguese: entrega (pt)
• Russian: доставка (ru) (dostávka) f, поставка (ru) (postávka) f, развозка (ru) (razvózka) f, завоз (ru) (zavóz) m
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh (gd) m
• Spanish: entrega (es) f
• Swedish: leverans (sv)

item which has been conveyed

• Bulgarian: доставка (bg) (dostavka) f
• Czech: zásilka (cs) f
• Finnish: lähetys (fi)
• Hebrew: מִשְׁלוֹחַ (he) (mishloákh) m

• Japanese: 配達物 (はいたつぶつ, haitatsubutsu)
• Korean: 배달물 (baedalmul)
• Macedonian: пратка (mk) (prátka) f
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh (gd) m

act of giving birth

• Arabic: مخاض (ar) (makhaaD) m, وضع (ar) (waD3) m, ولادة (ar) (wilaada) f, ميلاد (ar) (milaad) m
• Belarusian: роды (be) (ródy) m pl
• Bulgarian: раждане (bg) (raždane) n
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 出生 (cmn) (chūshēng), 分娩 (cmn) (fēnmiǎn), 生產 (cmn), 生产 (cmn) (shēngchǎn), 娩 (cmn) (miǎn)

• Czech: porod (cs) m
• Finnish: synnytys (fi)
• French: accouchement (fr), parturition (fr) f, naissance (fr) f
• German: Entbindung (de) f, Geburt (de) f
• Greek: γέννα (el) (géna) f
• Hebrew: לֵידָה (he) (ledá, leydá) f
• Hungarian: szülés (hu)

• Japanese: 分身 (ja) (ぶんしん, bunshin), 分娩 (ja) (ぶんべん, bunben), 出産 (ja) (しゅっさん, shussan)
• Jèrriais: accouochement m
• Korean: 분만 (ko) (bunman), 해산 (ko) (haesan), 출산 (ko) (chulsan)
• Old English: tēam (ang)
• Polish: poród (pl) m
• Russian: роды (ru) (ródy) m pl, (birth) рождение (ru) (roždénije) n
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: порођај (sh) m

  Roman: porodjaj (sh) m

• Spanish: parto (es) m, nacimiento (es) m
• Swedish: förlossning (sv) c
• Telugu: ప్రసవం (te) (prasavaM)
• Ukrainian: роди (uk) (ródy) m pl

pitching motion

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

• Korean: 투구법 (ko) (tugubeop)

thrown pitch

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

• Korean: 투구 (ko) (tugu)

manner of speaking

• Arabic: إلقاء (ar) ('ilqaa') m
• Finnish: äänenkäyttö (fi)
• Japanese: 話し方 (ja) (はなしかた, hanashikata)

• Korean: 말솜씨 (ko) (malsomssi)
• Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh (gd) m

administration of a drug

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

• French: administration (fr)

Adjective

delivery (not comparable)

1. Related to delivery.

   The delivery room is just down the hall.

   The delivery man is here.

   What are your delivery conditions?

Translations

related to delivery

• Czech: dodací (cs)

Derived terms

Terms derived from the noun or adjective delivery

delivery room

special delivery