delivery

delivery
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
n. surrender; conveyance; childbirth, parturition; rescue, escape, salvation, redemption (see liberation); address (see speech).
II
(Roget's IV) n.
1. [Bringing goods into another's possession]
Syn. consignment, conveyance, distribution, carting, shipment, transfer, portage, freighting, transmission, dispatch, commitment, entrusting, mailing, special delivery, parcel post, express, surrender, relinquishment, handing over, transferral, cash on delivery, C.O.D., free on board, F.O.B.; see also transportation .
2. [Delivery of a child]
Syn. birth, parturition, confinement, lying-in, childbirth, labor, travail, giving birth, geniture, midwifery, obstetrics, accouchement, Caesarian, Caesarian section, C-section*; see also birth 1 , childbirth .
3. [The manner of a speaker]
Syn. articulation, enunciation, accent, utterance, pronunciation, emphasis, intonation, inflection, tone, diction, elocution, presentation; see also diction , eloquence 1 .
4. [The manner in which a baseball pitcher throws]
Syn. control, performance, game, ball, arm, rendition, hurling, offering, tossing, elbowing*, twirling*, flinging*, heaving*, round-arm delivery*, southpaw delivery*, freak delivery*, buggy-whip delivery*.
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) n.
transfer, transport, transmittal, transmission, forwarding, consignment, distribution, shipment.
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) noun 1. The act of delivering or the condition of being delivered: surrender, transfer. See GIVE. 2. The act or process of bringing forth young: accouchement, birth, birthing, childbeanng, childbirth, labor, lying-in, parturition, travail. See START. 3. Extrication from danger or confinement: deliverance, rescue, salvage, salvation. See HELP.

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