- delivery, bringing - the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
--1 is a kind of transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
--1 has particulars:airdrop; consignment; passage, handing over; post; service, serving, service of process Derived form: verb deliver2 - delivery - the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
--2 is a kind of birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
- 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"
--3 is a kind of expressive style, style
--3 is a part of paralanguage, paralinguistic communication
--3 has particulars:address; catch; tongue; shibboleth; tone, tone of voice; elocution; prosody, inflection; modulation, inflection Derived form: verb deliver1 - delivery, livery, legal transfer - the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
--4 is a kind of conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
--4 has particulars: surrender; bailmentDerived form: verb deliver3 - pitch, delivery - (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
--5 is a kind of throw
--5 has particulars:- 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"
--6 is a kind of recovery, retrieval
--6 has particulars:lifesaving; redemption, salvation; reclamation, reformation; salvage; salvage; salvation; search and rescue mission Derived form: verb deliver4 - delivery, obstetrical delivery - the act of delivering a child
--7 is a kind of deed, feat, effort, exploit
--7 is a part of childbirth, childbearing, accouchement, vaginal birth
--7 has particulars:Derived form: verb deliver12 - 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"