what does delivery mean?
DELIVERY as NOUN
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- the act of delivering a child
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Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- recovery or preservation from loss or danger
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- work is the deliverance of mankind
- a surgeon’’s job is the saving of lives
Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
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Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail)
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- his reluctant delivery of bad news
Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
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Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally
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- his manner of speaking was quite abrupt
- her speech was barren of southernisms
- I detected a slight accent in his speech
Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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- the event of giving birth
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- she had a difficult delivery
Hypernyms(s) delivery is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
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