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How to pronounce delivery in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms deliverance, rescue, saving
Type of recovery, retrieval
Has types salvation, salvage, reformation, redemption, search and rescue mission, reclamation, lifesaving
Derivation deliver
Type Words
Synonyms obstetrical delivery
Type of human action, act, deed, human activity
Has types breech presentation, cesarian section, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, abdominal delivery, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, breech delivery, cesarean, c-section, breech birth, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, midwifery, forceps delivery, caesarian
Derivation deliver
Type Words
Synonyms legal transfer, livery
Type of conveying, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing
Has types bailment, surrender
Derivation deliver
Type Words
Synonyms pitch
Type of throw
Has types submarine ball, balk, ball, beanball, beaner, bender, strike, breaking ball, spitter, spitball, smoke, bullet, sinker, curve, wild pitch, duster, submarine pitch, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, overhand pitch, off-speed pitch, knuckler, knuckleball, hummer, heater, fastball, curve ball, screwball, passed ball
Type Words
Synonyms bringing
Type of conveyance, transportation, transport, transferral, transfer
Has types serving, handing over, passage, airdrop, consignment, post, service, service of process
Derivation deliver


his reluctant delivery of bad news.
Type Words
Synonyms manner of speaking, speech
Type of expressive style, style
Has types elocution, catch, prosody, address, tone, tone of voice, tongue, inflection, shibboleth, modulation
Derivation deliver
Type Words
Type of nativity, nascency, nascence, birth


she had a difficult delivery.

Examples of delivery

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Tin for three-month delivery climbed as high as $27,720 a metric ton on the LME.
From the bloomberg.com
Each work area posts daily metrics regarding safety, quality, cost and delivery.
From the kansas.com
Delivery delays of its 555-seat A380 super-jumbo jet have angered key customers.
From the businessweek.com
Criticisms are spot on, but your delivery is getting in the way of your message.
From the sfgate.com
Her delivery has none of Ari Fleischer's arrogance or Scott McClellan's anxiety.
From the time.com
From there, we need to remove profit from the delivery system wherever possible.
From the forbes.com
It has added online shopping for home delivery in a number of countries as well.
From the suntimes.com
The range is available for immediate delivery in chestnut, mocha and dark brown.
From the telegraph.co.uk
All you have to do it Tweet him your seat and order and he'll make the delivery.
From the sportsillustrated.cnn.com
More examples
  • The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
  • The event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
  • Manner of speaking: your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally; "his manner of speaking was quite abrupt"; "her speech was barren of southernisms"; "I detected a slight accent in his speech"
  • The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
  • Pitch: (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
  • Rescue: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives"
  • Delivery was a British blues/progressive rock musical group, formed in the late 1960s. The band was one of the wellsprings of the progressive rock Canterbury scene.
  • Delivery is the process of transporting goods. Most goods are delivered through a transportation network. Cargo (physical goods) are primarily delivered via roads and railroads on land, shipping lanes on the sea and airline networks in the air. ...
  • A delivery or ball in cricket is a single action of bowling a cricket ball towards the batsman. The two words are about equally common and used interchangeably.