1. (

• delivery ,
• bringing

) the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" ;

2. (

• delivery

) the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery" ;

3. (

• manner_of_speaking ,
• speech ,
• 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" ;

4. (

• delivery ,
• livery ,
• legal_transfer

) the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another ;

5. (

• pitch ,
• delivery ,

) (baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter ;

6. (

• rescue ,
• deliverance ,
• delivery ,
• saving ,

) recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of lives" ;

7. (

• delivery ,
• obstetrical_delivery

) the act of delivering a child ;