| NOUN | act | delivery, bringing | the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) |
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| event | delivery | the event of giving birth | |
| communication | delivery, manner of speaking, speech | your characteristic style or manner of expressing yourself orally | |
| act | delivery, livery, legal transfer | the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party / party to another | |
| act | delivery, pitch | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter | |
| act | delivery, rescue, deliverance, saving | recovery or preservation from loss or danger | |
| act | delivery, obstetrical delivery | the act of delivering a child |
| Sounds | dihlih'veriy | |
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| Rhymes | accessory ... worry: 201 rhymes with eriy... | |
| Meaning | The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail). | |
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| Example | "his reluctant delivery of bad news" | |
| Synonym | bringing | |
| Narrower | airdrop | delivery of supplies or equipment or personnel by dropping them by parachute from an aircraft |
| consignment | The delivery of goods for sale or disposal | |
| passage, handing over | The act of passing something to another person | |
| post | The delivery and collection of letters and packages | |
| service, serving, service of process | The act of delivering a writ or summons upon someone | |
| Broader | transportation, transport, transfer, transferral, conveyance | The act of moving something from one location to another |
| Spanish | distribución, entrega, reparto | |
| Catalan | distribució, entrega, repartiment | |
| Adjectives | deliverable | suitable for or ready for delivery |
| Verbs | deliver | bring to a destination, make a delivery |
| Meaning | The event of giving birth. | |
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| Example | "she had a difficult delivery" | |
| Broader | birth, nativity, nascency, nascence | The event of being born |
| Spanish | nacimiento, parto, parturición | |
| Meaning | The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party / party to another. | |
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| Synonyms | livery, legal transfer | |
| Narrower | bailment | The delivery of personal property in trust by the bailor to the bailee |
| surrender | The delivery of a principal into lawful custody | |
| Broader | conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying | Act of transferring property title from one person to another |
| Spanish | cesión legal, entrega, librea, traspaso legal | |
| Catalan | entrega | |
| Verbs | deliver | to surrender / surrender someone or something to another |
| Meaning | (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter. | |
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| Synonym | pitch | |
| Category | baseball, baseball game, ball | A ball game played with a bat and ball between two teams of nine players |
| Narrower | balk | An illegal pitching motion while runners are on base |
| ball | A pitch that is not in the strike zone | |
| beanball, beaner | A baseball deliberately thrown at the batter's head | |
| change-up, change-of-pace, change-of-pace ball, off-speed pitch | A baseball thrown with little velocity when the batter is expecting a fastball | |
| curve, curve ball, breaking ball, bender | 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, smoke, hummer, bullet | (baseball) a pitch thrown with maximum velocity | |
| 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 | |
| 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 / judges to be in the area over home plate and between the batter's knees and shoulders | |
| 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 | |
| Broader | throw | The act of throwing (propelling something with a rapid movement of the arm and wrist) |
| Spanish | lanzamiento | |
| Meaning | recovery or preservation from loss or danger. | |
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| Synonyms | rescue, deliverance, saving | |
| Narrower | lifesaving | saving / saving the lives of drowning persons |
| reclamation, reformation | rescuing from error and returning to a rightful course | |
| redemption, salvation | (theology) the act of delivering from sin or saving from evil / evil | |
| 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 | |
| search and rescue mission | A rescue mission to search for survivors and to rescue them | |
| Broader | recovery, retrieval | The act of regaining or saving something lost (or in danger of becoming lost) |
| Spanish | entrega, liberación, preservación, rescate, salvación, salvamento | |
| Catalan | preservació, rescat, salvament | |
| Verbs | deliver | free from harm or evil |
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