delivery (redirected from spontaneous delivery)

de·liv·er·y  (d-lv-r, -lvr)

n. pl. de·liv·er·ies

1.

a. The act of conveying or delivering.

b. Something delivered, as a shipment or package.

2.

a. The act of transferring to another.

b. Law A formal act of transferring ownership of property to another: delivery of a deed.

3. The act of giving up; surrender.

4. The act or manner of throwing or discharging.

5. The act of giving birth; parturition.

6.

a. Utterance or enunciation: The historic speech required but two minutes in delivery.

b. The act or manner of speaking or singing: a folk singer's casual delivery.

7. The act of releasing or rescuing.

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delivery

Noun

pl -eries

1.

a. the act of delivering goods or mail

b. something that is delivered

2. the act of giving birth to a baby

3. manner or style in public speaking: her delivery was clear and humorous

4. Cricket the act or manner of bowling a ball

5. S African a semi-official slogan for the provision of services to previously disadvantaged communities

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	delivery - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" bringing transfer, transferral, transportation, conveyance, transport - the act of moving something from one location to another airdrop - delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft; "until then, front line troops will be supplied by airdrop" consignment - the delivery of goods for sale or disposal handing over, passage - the act of passing something to another person post - the delivery and collection of letters and packages; "it came by the first post"; "if you hurry you'll catch the post" service of process, serving, service - the act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone; "he accepted service of the subpoena"
	2.	delivery - the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery" nascence, nascency, nativity, birth - the event of being born; "they celebrated the birth of their first child"
	3.	delivery - 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" manner of speaking, speech expressive style, style - a way of expressing something (in language or art or music etc.) that is characteristic of a particular person or group of people or period; "all the reporters were expected to adopt the style of the newspaper" address - the manner of speaking to another individual; "he failed in his manner of address to the captain" catch - a break or check in the voice (usually a sign of strong emotion) paralanguage, paralinguistic communication - the use of manner of speaking to communicate particular meanings tongue - a manner of speaking; "he spoke with a thick tongue"; "she has a glib tongue" shibboleth - a manner of speaking that is distinctive of a particular group of people tone, tone of voice - the quality of a person's voice; "he began in a conversational tone"; "he spoke in a nervous tone of voice" elocution - an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture prosody, inflection - the patterns of stress and intonation in a language inflection, modulation - a manner of speaking in which the loudness or pitch or tone of the voice is modified
	4.	delivery - the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another legal transfer, livery surrender - the delivery of a principal into lawful custody conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying, conveyance - act of transferring property title from one person to another bailment - the delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee
	5.	delivery - (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter pitch throw - the act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist); "the catcher made a good throw to second base" balk - an illegal pitching motion while runners are on base ball - a pitch that is not in the strike zone; "he threw nine straight balls before the manager yanked him" beanball, beaner - a baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, change-up, off-speed pitch - a baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball breaking ball, curve ball, bender, curve - a pitch of a baseball that is thrown with spin so that its path curves as it approaches the batter duster - a pitch thrown deliberately close to the batter fastball, heater, hummer, bullet, smoke - (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity; "he swung late on the fastball"; "he showed batters nothing but smoke" knuckleball, knuckler - a baseball pitch thrown with little speed or spin overhand pitch - a baseball pitch in which the hand moves above the shoulder passed ball - a pitch that the catcher should have caught but did not; allows a base runner to advance a base screwball - a pitch with reverse spin that curves toward the side of the plate from which it was thrown sinker - a pitch that curves downward rapidly as it approaches the plate spitball, spitter - an illegal pitch in which a foreign substance (spit or Vaseline) is applied to the ball by the pitcher before he throws it strike - (baseball) a pitch that the batter swings at and misses, or that the batter hits into foul territory, or that the batter does not swing at but the umpire judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders; "this pitcher throws more strikes than balls" submarine ball, submarine pitch - a pitch thrown sidearm instead of overhead wild pitch - an errant pitch that the catcher cannot be expected to catch and that allows a base runner to advance a base baseball, baseball game - a ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players; teams take turns at bat trying to score runs; "he played baseball in high school"; "there was a baseball game on every empty lot"; "there was a desire for National League ball in the area"; "play ball!"
	6.	delivery - recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" deliverance, rescue, saving recovery, retrieval - the act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) lifesaving - saving the lives of drowning persons; "he took a course in lifesaving" redemption, salvation - (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil reclamation, reformation - rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course; "the reclamation of delinquent children" salvage - the act of rescuing a ship or its crew or its cargo from a shipwreck or a fire salvage - the act of saving goods or property that were in danger of damage or destruction salvation - saving someone or something from harm or from an unpleasant situation; "the salvation of his party was the president's major concern" search and rescue mission - a rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them
	7.	delivery - the act of delivering a child obstetrical delivery human action, human activity, act, deed - something that people do or cause to happen breech birth, breech delivery, breech presentation - delivery of an infant whose feet or buttocks appear first abdominal delivery, C-section, caesarean, caesarean delivery, caesarean section, caesarian, caesarian delivery, caesarian section, cesarean, cesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian, cesarian section - the delivery of a fetus by surgical incision through the abdominal wall and uterus (from the belief that Julius Caesar was born that way) forceps delivery - delivery in which forceps are inserted through the vagina and used to grasp the head of the fetus and pull it through the birth canal; since the forceps can injure the fetus this procedure has generally given way to cesarean deliveries midwifery - assisting women at childbirth accouchement, childbearing, childbirth, vaginal birth - the parturition process in human beings; having a baby; the process of giving birth to a child

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delivery

noun 1. handing over, transfer, distribution, transmission, dispatch, consignment, conveyance, transmittal

noun 2. consignment, goods, shipment, batch

noun 3. speech, speaking, expression, pronunciation, utterance, articulation, intonation, diction, elocution, enunciation, vocalization

noun 4. childbirth, labour, confinement, parturition

Translations

delivery [dɪˈlɪvərɪ] n → reparto; entrega; [of speaker] → modo de expresarse;

(MED) → parto, alumbramiento;

to take delivery of → recibir

delivery [dɪˈlɪvərɪ] deliver n [of mail] → distribution f [of goods]; livraison f [of speaker]; élocution f;

(Med) → accouchement m;

to take delivery of → prendre livraison de

delivery [dɪˈlɪvərɪ] deliver n → Lieferung f;

(of letters, papers) → Zustellung f;

(of speaker) → Vortrag m;

(Med) → Entbindung f;

to take delivery of sth deliver → etw in Empfang nehmen

delivery [dɪˈlɪvərɪ] n → distribuzione f; consegna; [of speaker] → dizione f;

(MED) → parto;

to take delivery of → prendere in consegna