delivery
delivery is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 5 senses, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
- 2.The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.
- 3.The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
- 4.The act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton.
- 5.The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- ambassador
- apparitor
- bag
- bearer
- bellman
- boy
- bring
- cable
- carrier
- chore
- come
- commissionaire
- correspondent
- courier
- crier
- dak
- death
- deliver
- deliverance
- diplomatist
- electronic
- emancipate
- emancipation
- emissary
- envoy
- errand
- estafette
- express
- extricable
- extricate
- extrication
- flag
- from
- gaol
- gentleman
- get
- herald
- information
- informer
- internuncio
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
Related questions
Reverse-dictionary questions
Definition-first questions whose answer is delivery.
- What is 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 called?
- What is the act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery called?
- What is the act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes called?
- What is the act of exerting one's strength or limbs. Neater limbs and freer delivery. Sir H. Wotton called?
- What is the act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery called?
Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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