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delivery

[dih-liv-uh-ree] / dɪˈlɪv ə ri /
NOUN
transfer, transmittal
Synonyms
STRONGEST
consignment distribution shipment transmission
STRONG
carting commitment conveyance dispatch drop mailing portage post rendition surrender
WEAK
freighting giving over handing over impartment intrusting parcel post
Antonyms
WEAK
capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy
NOUN
articulation of message
Synonyms
STRONG
accent diction elocution emphasis enunciation inflection intonation modulation pronunciation speech utterance
Antonyms
STRONG
silence unimportance
WEAK
capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy
NOUN
childbirth
Synonyms
STRONGEST
birth
STRONG
accouchement bearing birthing childbearing confinement labor lying-in parturition travail
WEAK
Caesarian section bringing forth geniture
Antonyms
WEAK
capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy
NOUN
giving of freedom
Synonyms
STRONGEST
release
STRONG
deliverance emancipation escape freeing liberation pardon rescue salvage salvation
Antonyms
WEAK
capture confinement hold imprisonment keeping quiet restraint retention secrecy

Example Sentences

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“PayPal sits at the center of this change, and I look forward to leading the team to accelerate the delivery of new innovations.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 3, 2026

As FedEx and UPS charge more, companies are trying options like ‘no rush’ delivery and fees to make us slow down.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 2026

Chelicerates rely on grasping appendages, often associated with venom delivery.

From Science Daily • Apr. 3, 2026

Three years ago the winger worked as an Amazon delivery driver while playing in the eighth tier of English football for Crawley-based club Three Bridges.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

We were sitting in Tante Jans’s front room with Kik and some other young men, who had made us a delivery of forged travel-permits too late to get home by curfew.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.