delivery

delivery

English

Etymology

From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/

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• Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, 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[illiam] Somerset Maugham, “chapter 55”, in The Moon and Sixpence, [New York, N.Y.]: Grosset & Dunlap Publishers […], OCLC 365836:

     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)”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎:

     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) The administration of a drug.

   drug delivery system

8. (cricket) A ball bowled.
9. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
10. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
11. (soccer) A cross or pass
    • 2021 June 29, Phil McNulty, “England 2-0 Germany”, in BBC Sport‎:

      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.

Hyponyms

• continuous delivery
• misdelivery
• special delivery

 

Derived terms

• breech delivery
• cash on delivery
• deliveryman (or delivery man)
• deliveryperson
• delivery room
• deliverywoman
• general delivery
• good delivery
• home delivery
• outcome delivery
• recorded delivery
• red bag delivery
• take delivery

Translations

act of conveying something

Arabic: تَوْصِيل‎ m (tawṣīl), تَسْلِيم‎ m (taslīm), تَوْزِيع‎ m (tawzīʿ) Armenian: առաքում (hy) (aṙakʿum) Asturian: entrega f Azerbaijani: çatdırılma (az) Belarusian: даста́ўка f (dastáŭka) Bulgarian: доста́вка (bg) f (dostávka) Catalan: lliurament (ca) m, entrega (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 投遞／投递 (zh) (tóudì), 傳遞／传递 (zh) (chuándì), (goods) 交貨／交货 (zh) (jiāohuò), 遞送／递送 (zh) (dìsòng) Czech: doručení n Danish: leverance c, indlevering c, udlevering c, levering c Dutch: levering (nl) f Estonian: tarne Finnish: toimitus (fi) French: livraison (fr) f Galician: entrega f German: Lieferung (de) f Hebrew: שְׁלִיחָה‎ f (sh'likhá), מְסִירָה‎ f (m'sirá), הוֹבָלָה‎ f (hovalá) Hungarian: átadás (hu), kézbesítés (hu), kiszállítás (hu), házhoz vitel, leszállítás (hu), szállítás (hu) Italian: consegna (it) f, distribuzione (it) Japanese: 配達 (ja) (はいたつ, haitatsu), 引き渡し (ひきわたし, hikiwatashi), 伝送 (ja) (でんそう, densō) Korean: 배달(配達) (ko) (baedal) Latin: puerperium n Macedonian: достава f (dostava), испорака f (isporaka) Norwegian: Bokmål: leveranse m Nynorsk: leveranse m Polish: dostawa (pl) f Portuguese: entrega (pt) Romanian: livrare (ro) Russian: доста́вка (ru) f (dostávka), поста́вка (ru) f (postávka), разво́зка (ru) f (razvózka), заво́з (ru) m (zavóz) Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: до̏става f, и̏спорука f Roman: dȍstava (sh) f, ȉsporuka (sh) f Slovak: doručenie n Slovene: dostava f Spanish: entrega (es) f Swedish: leverans (sv) Turkish: teslimat (tr) Ukrainian: доста́вка f (dostávka)

item which has been conveyed

Armenian: առաքում (hy) (aṙakʿum) Bulgarian: доста́вка (bg) f (dostávka) Czech: zásilka (cs) f Danish: leverance c, levering c Estonian: saadetis (et) Finnish: lähetys (fi) German: Lieferung (de) f Hebrew: מִשְׁלוֹחַ‎ (he) m (mishloákh) Hungarian: küldemény (hu), szállítmány (hu), csomag (hu) Japanese: 配達物 (はいたつぶつ, haitatsubutsu) Korean: 배달물(配達物) (baedalmul) Macedonian: пратка f (pratka) Polish: dostawa (pl) f Portuguese: entrega (pt) f Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m Swedish: leverans (sv) c

act of giving birth

Arabic: مَخَاض‎ m (maḵāḍ), وَضْع‎ (ar) m (waḍʿ), وِلَادَة‎ f (wilāda) Armenian: ծննդաբերություն (hy) (cnndaberutʿyun) Belarusian: ро́ды m pl (ródy), нараджэ́нне n (naradžénnje) Bulgarian: ра́ждане n (ráždane) Chinese: Mandarin: 出生 (zh) (chūshēng), 分娩 (zh) (fēnmiǎn), 生產／生产 (zh) (shēngchǎn), 娩 (zh) (miǎn) Czech: porod (cs) m Danish: nedkomst c Dutch: bevalling (nl) f, verlossing (nl) f, geboorte (nl) f Esperanto: akuŝo Finnish: synnytys (fi) French: accouchement (fr), parturition (fr) f, naissance (fr) f German: Entbindung (de) f, Geburt (de) f Greek: γέννα (el) f (génna) Ancient: τοκετός m (toketós) Hebrew: לידה \\ לֵדָה‎ (he) f (leidá) Hungarian: szülés (hu), világra hozás, világra hozatal Italian: parto (it) Japanese: 分娩 (ja) (ぶんべん, bunben), 出産 (ja) (しゅっさん, shussan), お産 (ja) (おさん, osan) Korean: 분만(分娩) (ko) (bunman), 해산(解産) (ko) (haesan), 출산(出産) (ko) (chulsan) Macedonian: пораѓање n (poraǵanje) Norman: accouochement m Old English: tēam (ang) Persian: تولد‎ (fa) (tavallod), زایمان‎‎ (zâymân) Polish: poród (pl) m Portuguese: parto (pt) m Russian: ро́ды (ru) m pl (ródy), (birth) рожде́ние (ru) n (roždénije) Serbo-Croatian: Cyrillic: по̏рођа̄ј m, по̀род m Roman: pȍrođāj (sh) m, pòrod (sh) m Slovak: pôrod m Slovene: porod (sl) m Spanish: parto (es) m, nacimiento (es) m Swedish: förlossning (sv) c Tajik: таваллуд (tg) (tavallud), зоймон (zoymon) Tamil: பிரசவம் (ta) (piracavam) Telugu: ప్రసవం (te) (prasavaṁ) Ukrainian: ро́ди m pl (ródy), поло́ги m pl (polóhy), наро́дження n (naródžennja)

pitching motion

Danish: kast (da) n, aflevering c Finnish: syöttö (fi) Japanese: 投球法 (とうきゅうほう, tōkyūhō) Korean: 투구법(投球法) (tugubeop) Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m

thrown pitch

Danish: kast (da) n, aflevering c Finnish: syöttö (fi) Japanese: 投球 (ja) (とうきゅう, tōkyū) Korean: 투구(投球) (ko) (tugu)

manner of speaking

Arabic: إِلْقَاء‎ (ar) m (ʾilqāʾ) Czech: přednes m Danish: fremførelse c, foredrag n Finnish: äänenkäyttö French: élocution (fr) f, débit (fr) m Hungarian: előadásmód (hu), tolmácsolás (hu), előadás (hu) Japanese: 話し方 (ja) (はなしかた, hanashikata), 弁舌 (ja) (べんぜつ, benzetsu) Korean: 말솜씨 (malsomssi) Scottish Gaelic: lìbhrigeadh m Slovak: prednes m Swedish: föredrag (sv) n

administration of a drug

Czech: podání (cs) n Danish: udlevering c Finnish: annostelu (fi) French: administration (fr) Hungarian: beadás (hu), bevétel (hu), alkalmazás (hu) Portuguese: administração (pt) f

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Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /deˈli.ve.ɾi/

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries)

1. (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)

   Synonym: entrega

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Spanish

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /deˈlibeɾi/ [d̪eˈli.β̞e.ɾi]
• Rhymes: -ibeɾi
• Syllabification: de‧li‧ve‧ry

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

1. delivery

Usage notes

According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.