English Online Dictionary. What means delivery? What does delivery mean?
English
Etymology
From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dɪˈlɪv(ə)ɹi/
- Rhymes: -ɪvəɹi
Noun
delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)
- The act of conveying something.
- The item which has been conveyed.
- The act of giving birth
- (baseball) A pitching motion.
- (baseball) A thrown pitch.
- The manner of speaking.
- (medicine) The administration of a drug.
- (cricket) A ball bowled.
- (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
- (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.
- (soccer) A cross or pass
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Translations
Portuguese
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.
Pronunciation
Noun
delivery m or f (plural deliveries)
- (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)
- Synonym: entrega
Spanish
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from English delivery.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /deˈlibeɾi/ [d̪eˈli.β̞e.ɾi]
- Rhymes: -ibeɾi
- Syllabification: de‧li‧ve‧ry
Noun
delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)
- delivery
Usage notes
According to Royal Spanish Academy (RAE) prescriptions, unadapted foreign words should be written in italics in a text printed in roman type, and vice versa, and in quotation marks in a manuscript text or when italics are not available. In practice, this RAE prescription is not always followed.