Definition of Delivery

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Delivery

The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release; liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his dungeon.

The act of delivering up or over; surrender; transfer of the body or substance of a thing; distribution; as, the delivery of a fort, of hostages, of a criminal, of goods, of letters.

The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a good delivery; a clear delivery.

The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or extraction of a fetus and its membranes.

The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.

The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher has a swift delivery.

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Delivery Quotations

Sometime in the future - 25, 50, 75 years hence - what will the situation be like then? By that time the Chinese will have the capability of delivery too.
Curtis Lemay

Sometimes I try to improve the language, the lines, or the delivery, but I don't ad-lib because I think that makes it really hard for everybody else involved.
Harrison Ford

A library, to modify the famous metaphor of Socrates, should be the delivery room for the birth of ideas - a place where history comes to life.
Norman Cousins

A library is the delivery room for the birth of ideas, a place where history comes to life.
Norman Cousins

When I heard Aretha, I could feel her emotional delivery so clearly. It came from down deep within. That's what I wanted to do.
Whitney Houston

With a growing population, there is a growing need for more water delivery and storage.
Joe Baca

I know that when I make a record like The Delivery Man as a contrast to even Il Sogno, this is going to reach a wider audience, because it communicates in that very direct way.
Elvis Costello

But there are things in Il Sogno that the methods of The Delivery Man could never achieve.
Elvis Costello

I worked on the United Parcel Service truck, I sold home delivery of milk. But always, in the back of my mind, I wanted to get into radio.
Larry King

If there was no Black Sabbath, I could still possibly be a morning newspaper delivery boy. No fun.
Lars Ulrich

Delivery Translations

delivery in Afrikaans is aflewering
delivery in Dutch is aflevering, levering, inlevering
delivery in French is livraison
delivery in Italian is estradizione, fornitura, parto
delivery in Norwegian is levering
delivery in Portuguese is entrega
delivery in Spanish is suministro, extradicion

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