delivery

delivery
noun
1 act of delivering sth; goods delivered
ADJECTIVE
▪ large, small
▪ express, fast, immediate, prompt, quick
▪ on-time (esp. AmE)
▪ late
▪ morning, next-day, overnight
▪ recorded (BrE) (certified mail in AmE), scheduled, special
▪

Ensure all material is properly packed and sent by recorded delivery.

▪ guaranteed
▪

guaranteed express delivery to over 170 countries

▪ efficient
▪

We need more efficient delivery of humanitarian aid.

▪ safe
▪ mail (esp. BrE), newspaper, pizza
▪

All mail deliveries were suspended during the strike.

▪

a pizza delivery boy

▪ home
▪

We offer free home delivery.

▪ service
▪

The cuts will inevitably impact on service delivery.

▪ health-care
▪ content
▪

Digital content delivery, especially music and video, is the next big business.

VERB + DELIVERY
▪ do, make
▪

We do all our deliveries in the mornings.

▪ accept, take
▪

The government has now taken delivery of the new fighter planes.

▪ get, receive
▪

We receive only one delivery of books per week.

▪ guarantee
▪

We guarantee delivery before 9 a.m. the next day.

▪ ensure
▪

Order by 30 November to ensure delivery by Christmas.

▪ enhance, facilitate, improve
▪

We have invested to improve service delivery.

▪ speed, speed up
▪ delay
▪ await
▪

We are awaiting delivery of some new office furniture.

DELIVERY + NOUN
▪ truck (esp. AmE), van
▪ date, schedule, time
▪ route
▪ boy, guy (AmE, informal), man
▪

He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy.

▪ charge
▪ service
▪ mechanism, method, system
▪

an electronic message delivery system

PREPOSITION
▪ for delivery
▪

completed orders for delivery

▪ on delivery
▪

Please pay the driver on delivery.

▪ delivery to
▪

The company offers free delivery to your home.

2 giving birth to a baby
ADJECTIVE
▪ difficult, easy
▪ premature, preterm
▪ breech
▪ vaginal
▪ Caesarean, Caesarean-section, C-section (AmE)
▪ forceps
▪

The figures show an increase in forceps deliveries.

VERB + DELIVERY
▪ have
▪

She had a very easy delivery with her second child.

DELIVERY + NOUN
▪ room

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