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delivery
A	noun
	1	delivery, obstetrical delivery
			the act of delivering a child
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚delivery, obstetrical delivery ╚midwifery ╚forceps delivery ╚cesarean delivery; caesarean delivery; cesarean section; cesarian section; caesarean section; C-section; cesarean; cesarian; caesarean; abdominal delivery ╚breech delivery; breech birth; breech presentation
	2	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"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚recovery; retrieval ╚rescue, deliverance, delivery, saving ╚search and rescue mission ╚salvation ╚salvage ╚salvage ╚reclamation; reformation ╚redemption; salvation ╚lifesaving
	3	pitch, delivery
			(baseball) the throwing of a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚accomplishment; achievement ╚deed; feat; effort; exploit ╚propulsion; actuation ╚throw ╚pitch, delivery ╚sinker ╚screwball ╚passed ball ╚knuckleball; knuckler ╚fastball; heater; smoke; hummer; bullet ╚duster ╚curve; curve ball; breaking ball; bender ╚change-up; change-of-pace; change-of-pace ball; off-speed pitch ╚beanball; beaner ╚ball ╚balk
	4	delivery, bringing
			the act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail); "his reluctant delivery of bad news"
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚action ╚change ╚movement ╚transportation; transfer; transferral; conveyance ╚delivery, bringing ╚service; serving; service of process ╚post ╚passage; handing over ╚consignment ╚airdrop
	5	delivery, livery, legal transfer
			the voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
		Category Tree: act; human action; human activity ╚group action ╚transaction; dealing; dealings ╚transfer; transference ╚conveyance; conveyance of title; conveyancing; conveying ╚delivery, livery, legal transfer ╚bailment ╚surrender
	6	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"
		Category Tree: abstraction ╚relation ╚social relation ╚communication ╚expressive style; style ╚manner of speaking, speech, delivery ╚modulation; inflection ╚prosody; inflection ╚elocution ╚tone; tone of voice ╚shibboleth ╚tongue ╚catch ╚address
	7	delivery
			the event of giving birth; "she had a difficult delivery"
		Category Tree: event ╚happening; occurrence; natural event ╚change; alteration; modification ╚birth; nativity; nascency; nascence ╚delivery

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