delivery

de-liv-er-y · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    The action of bringing and handing over goods or mail.

  2. 2.

    The manner of speaking or performing.

  3. 3.

    The process of giving birth.

  4. 4.

    (cricket, baseball) The action of bowling or pitching the ball.

  5. 5.

    Something that has been delivered.

Related words

Antonyms: collection, pickup
See also: deliver, delivered, shipment
Synonyms: conveyance, dispatch, distribution, shipment

Etymology

From Old French delivrer meaning "to set free, hand over," from Late Latin deliberare, from Latin de- (away) + liberare (to free). The noun form developed in Middle English.