delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈli-v(ə-)rē
, dē-\
, dē-\
plural deliveries
Definition of delivery
: the act or manner of delivering something
also
: something delivered
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Examples of delivery in a Sentence
The delivery is scheduled for this morning.
The company offers free delivery with orders over $100.
Someone has to be home to accept delivery of the package.
Allow six weeks for delivery.
The baby weighed almost seven pounds at the time of delivery.
The doctor expects it to be a routine delivery.
The doctor has had three deliveries today.
The joke was funny, but his delivery was terrible.
I need to work on my delivery before I give the speech.
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Recent Examples on the Web
No creativity through the middle, a lack of quality delivery from out wide, and four forwards standing in a line waiting for something to happen instead of proactively trying to make opportunities for themselves. — SI.com, "Things Are Confused at Tottenham Hotspur and it Is Very, Very Worrying," 25 Aug. 2019 The world's largest soybean importer struck deals from Aug. 9 to 15 to buy 9,589 tonnes for delivery in the current marketing year and 66,000 tonnes for the next year, the data showed. — Washington Post, "ECB considers options to address slowdown," 23 Aug. 2019 There is an alternative ride-hailing app similar to Uber, another for food delivery, and a local version of Amazon. — NBC News, "Tech-savvy Iranians stay connected on social media despite regime restrictions," 21 Aug. 2019 Go With a Serum Designed to deliver a high concentration of actives, serums are the most common form of delivery for vitamin C. — Vogue, "Everything You Need to Know About Vitamin C," 19 Aug. 2019 But e-commerce is raising the importance of delivery to homes, at faster speeds and lower costs. — The Economist, "FedEx’s visionary founder is a disrupter at risk of disruption," 15 Aug. 2019 Doctors who examined her saw signs of a delivery, but no baby. — Flora Charner, CNN, "Abortion retrial for Evelyn Hernandez begins again in El Salvador," 15 Aug. 2019 Many confused residents checked home security cameras and discovered footage of the bizarre delivery. — Fox News, "‘TV man’ mysteriously leaves old television sets at Virginia homes," 15 Aug. 2019 The courier will still have a contract with Amazon for international deliveries. — Thomas Black / Bloomberg, Time, "FedEx Is Ending a Major Amazon Deal As Amazon Builds a Rival Shipping Network," 7 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'delivery.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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More Definitions for delivery
delivery
noun
English Language Learners Definition of delivery
: the act of taking something to a person or place
: something that is taken to a person or place : something that is delivered
: the act or process of giving birth
See the full definition for delivery in the English Language Learners Dictionary
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈli-və-rē
, -ˈli-vrē\
, -ˈli-vrē\
plural deliveries
Kids Definition of delivery
1
: the transfer of something from one place or person to another
delivery of the mail
2
: a setting free from something that restricts or burdens
We prayed for delivery from our troubles.
3
: the act of giving birth
4
: speaking or manner of speaking (as of a formal speech)
His passionate delivery stirred the audience.
5
: the act or way of throwing
an underhand delivery
delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
| \ di-ˈliv-(ə-)rē
\
\
plural deliveries
Medical Definition of delivery
1
: the act of giving birth : the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes : parturition
2
: the procedure of assisting birth of the fetus and expulsion of the placenta by manual, instrumental, or surgical means
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delivery
noun
de·liv·ery
plural deliveries
Legal Definition of delivery
: an act that shows a transferor's intent to make a transfer of property (as a gift)
especially
: the transfer of possession or exclusive control of property to another
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actual delivery
: a delivery (as by hand or shipment) of actual physical property (as jewelry or stock certificates)
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conditional delivery
: a delivery after which ownership will be transferred upon fulfillment of a condition — compare gift causa mortis at gift
Note: A conditional delivery is usually made in order to make a transfer revocable.
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constructive delivery
: a delivery of a representation of property (as a written instrument) or means of possession (as a key) that is construed by a court as sufficient to show the transferor's intent or to put the property under the transferee's control
— called also symbolic delivery