delivery B1 Topic:Shopping & Services US /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/ See IPA manual Freq #2727 Meanings 1 noun The act of taking goods, mail, or other items to a place or person. The pizza delivery arrived in twenty minutes. 2 noun The item that has been brought to you. Your delivery is waiting on the table. 3 noun The act of giving birth to a baby. They had a difficult delivery, but the baby is healthy. 4 noun The way someone speaks or performs in front of an audience. The comedian's delivery had everyone laughing. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 noun · the act of taking goods,... bringing 2 noun · the item that has been... consignment 3 noun · the act of giving birth to... childbirthparturition Word family Forms deliveries Derived forms codeliverydeliverymandeliverypersondeliverywomaninterdeliverynanodeliverynondeliverypostdeliverypredeliveryredeliveryunderdelivery Common collocations forceps delivery Noun + noun Etymology AI details From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer. deliveri Middle English delivrer Old French View etymology graph -> Topics Shopping & Services External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # delivery **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** noun **IPA (US):** /dɪˈlɪv.(ə.)ɹi/ **Frequency rank:** 2727 ## Meanings 1. The act of taking goods, mail, or other items to a place or person. 2. The item that has been brought to you. 3. The act of giving birth to a baby. 4. The way someone speaks or performs in front of an audience. ## Examples - The pizza delivery arrived in twenty minutes. - Your delivery is waiting on the table. - They had a difficult delivery, but the baby is healthy. - The comedian's delivery had everyone laughing. ## Derived Forms - codelivery - deliveryman - deliveryperson - deliverywoman - interdelivery - nanodelivery - nondelivery - postdelivery - predelivery - redelivery - underdelivery ## Roots and Affixes - Root: deliveri - Root: delivrer ## Etymology From Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer. ## AI Etymology delivery comes from Middle English deliveri et al., from Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer. The historical chain includes Middle English deliveri, Old French delivrer. Current senses include The act of taking goods, mail, or other items to a place or person and The item that has been brought to you. English relatives and later formations include codelivery, deliveryman, deliveryperson. ## Topics - Shopping & Services markdown