Meaning of Delivery | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The act of conveying something.
   countable, uncountable
2. The item which has been conveyed.
   countable, uncountable
3. The act or process of a mother giving birth.
   countable, uncountable
4. A pitching motion.
   countable, uncountable
5. A thrown pitch.
   countable, uncountable
6. The manner of speaking or singing.
   countable, uncountable
7. The administration of a drug.
   countable, uncountable
8. A ball bowled.
   countable, uncountable
9. The process of throwing a stone.
   countable, uncountable
10. Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
    countable, uncountable
11. A cross or pass
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“The delivery was completed by four.”

“delivery of a nuclear missile to its target”

“Your delivery is on the table.”

“Near-synonyms: childbirth, parturition”

“The delivery was painful.”

“During pregnancy, the Queen had been more than twice as wide as she was tall, and the act of delivery took three months and six days after it had begun.”

“His delivery has a catch in it.”

“Here is the delivery; ... strike three!”

“The actor's delivery was flawless.”

“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.”

“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”

“drug delivery system”

“The win was secured with another moment of significance four minutes from time when captain Harry Kane, who had once again struggled to influence the game, headed in from substitute Jack Grealish's perfect delivery for his first goal of Euro 2020.”

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