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Noun delivery has 7 senses

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; bailment
Derived 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:

breech delivery, breech birth, breech presentation; cesarean delivery, caesarean delivery, cesarean section, cesarian section, caesarean section, C-section, cesarean, cesarian, caesarean, abdominal delivery; forceps delivery; midwifery

Derived form: verb deliver₁₂