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NOUN | 1 | delivery, bringing | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
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2 | delivery | The event of giving birth | |
3 | delivery, manner of speaking, speech | Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | |
4 | delivery, livery, legal transfer | The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another | |
5 | delivery, pitch | (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter | |
6 | delivery, rescue, deliverance, saving | Recovery or preservation from loss or danger | |
7 | delivery, obstetrical delivery | The act of delivering a child |
Sounds | dihlih'veriy |
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Rhymes | accessory, adultery, advisory, and 194 more rhymes in eriy at the HyperDic website... |
Meaning | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). |
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Examples | "his reluctant delivery of bad news" |
Synonyms | bringing |
Narrower | airdrop; consignment; passage, handing over; post; service, serving, service of process |
Broader | transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance |
Adjectives | deliverable |
Verbs | deliver |
Meaning | The event of giving birth. |
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Examples | "she had a difficult delivery" |
Broader | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence |
Meaning | Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally. |
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Synonyms | manner of speaking, speech |
Part of | paralanguage, paralinguistic communication |
Narrower | address; catch; tongue; shibboleth; tone, tone of voice; elocution; prosody, inflection; modulation, inflection |
Broader | expressive style, style |
Verbs | deliver |
Meaning | The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another. |
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Synonyms | livery, legal transfer |
Narrower | surrender; bailment |
Broader | conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying |
Verbs | deliver |
Meaning | (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. |
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Synonyms | pitch |
Category | baseball, baseball game, ball |
Narrower | balk; ball; beanball, beaner; change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch; curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender; duster; fastball, heater, smoke, hummer, bullet; knuckleball, knuckler; passed ball; screwball; sinker; spitball, spitter; strike; submarine ball, submarine pitch; wild pitch |
Broader | throw |
Meaning | Recovery or preservation from loss or danger. |
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Synonyms | rescue, deliverance, saving |
Narrower | lifesaving; redemption, salvation; reclamation, reformation; salvage; salvage; salvation; search and rescue mission |
Broader | recovery, retrieval |
Verbs | deliver |
Meaning | The act of delivering a child. |
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Synonyms | obstetrical delivery |
Part of | childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth |
Narrower | breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation; cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery; forceps delivery; midwifery |
Broader | deed, feat, effort, exploit |
Verbs | deliver |