delivery

Everyday

1. Taking letters, parcels or goods to the place they are sent to. tree →
2. Something that is delivered: "We got a delivery." tree →
3. The way someone speaks to an audience or bowls a ball in cricket. tree →
4. The birth of a baby. tree →

In the lessons

In everyday life, delivery drivers bring parcels, food and shopping; some charge a delivery fee. In maths, delivery problems ask about time, distance, cost and how many items per van. In cricket, a delivery is one ball bowled. Phrases: home delivery, free delivery, delivery van, delivery driver, pizza delivery, on delivery.

Examples

• The delivery arrived this morning. tree →
• Free delivery on orders over 50 dollars. tree →
• The delivery driver left the parcel at the door. tree →
• We ordered pizza for delivery. tree →
• The van makes 30 deliveries a day. tree →
• Her speech had a clear, confident delivery. tree →
• The bowler's next delivery was very fast. tree →

Note

Countable: one delivery, two deliveries (y to ies). The verb is "deliver". Safety: do not open the door to a delivery person if you are home alone; tell an adult. In maths, "free delivery" means no extra cost is added; otherwise add the delivery charge to the total.

In Jewish tradition

It means childbirth, the time when a woman gives birth.

Interpretation. Isaiah uses birth pangs as a picture of Israel's suffering without success, and later tradition connects such pain with hope of redemption.

Examples

• Like as a woman with child, that draweth near the time of her delivery, is in pain and crieth out in her pangs; so have we been at Thy presence, O LORD. (Prophets ISA.26.17, JPS 1917) tree →

Note

Countable: one delivery, two deliveries (y to ies). The verb is "deliver". Safety: do not open the door to a delivery person if you are home alone; tell an adult. In maths, "free delivery" means no extra cost is added; otherwise add the delivery charge to the total.