1. The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
   "his reluctant delivery of bad news";
   - bringing
    
2. The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
   "The delivery of the company's assets was completed after the merger";
   - livery, legal transfer
    
3. The event of giving birth
   "she had a difficult delivery"
    
4. The act of delivering a child
   "The obstetrical delivery was successful, and the mother and baby were healthy";
   - obstetrical delivery
    
5. (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball or softball by the pitcher towards home plate, which initiates play by giving the batter a chance to hit it
   "The pitcher's fastball delivery was clocked at 95 mph";
   - pitch
    
6. Your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
   "his delivery was quite abrupt";
   - manner of speaking, speech
    
7. Recovery or preservation from loss or danger
   "The coast guard's delivery of the stranded sailors was heroic";
   - rescue, deliverance, saving

Derived forms: deliveries

Type of: act, birth, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, deed, expressive style, human action, human activity, nascence [rare], nascency, nativity, recovery, retrieval, style, throw, transfer, transferral, transport, transportation

Part of: accouchement [archaic], childbearing, childbirth, paralanguage, paralinguistic communication, vaginal birth

Encyclopedia: Delivery