From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
delivery
n 1: the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or
mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news" [syn:
bringing]
2: the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
3: 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" [syn: manner of speaking,
speech]
4: the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession)
from one party to another [syn: livery, {legal
transfer}]
5: (baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a
batter [syn: pitch]
6: recovery or preservation from loss or danger; "work is the
deliverance of mankind"; "a surgeon's job is the saving of
lives" [syn: rescue, deliverance, saving]
7: the act of delivering a child [syn: obstetrical delivery]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Pronunciation \Pro*nun`ci*a"tion\ (?; 277), n. [F.
pronunciation, L. pronunciatio. See Pronounce.]
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1. The act of uttering with articulation; the act of giving
the proper sound and accent; utterance; as, the
pronunciation of syllables of words; distinct or
indistinct pronunciation.
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2. The mode of uttering words or sentences.
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3. (Rhet.) The art of manner of uttering a discourse publicly
with propriety and gracefulness; -- now called delivery.
--J. Q. Adams.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:
Delivery \De*liv"er*y\, n.; pl. Deliveries.
1. The act of delivering from restraint; rescue; release;
liberation; as, the delivery of a captive from his
dungeon.
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2. 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.
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3. The act or style of utterance; manner of speaking; as, a
good delivery; a clear delivery.
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4. The act of giving birth; parturition; the expulsion or
extraction of a fetus and its membranes.
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5. The act of exerting one's strength or limbs.
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Neater limbs and freer delivery. --Sir H.
Wotton.
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6. The act or manner of delivering a ball; as, the pitcher
has a swift delivery.
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