delivery
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4.1
- noun
- /dɪˈlɪvəri/
- Her confident delivery of the speech impressed everyone in the room.
- delivery style
- a teacher's delivery
- lesson delivery
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Watch on YouTubeI mean, I don't think the delivery was was great.
- I mean, I don't think the delivery was was great.
- So yeah, and the delivery again, will help too.
- So, you know, try to pace your delivery a bit.
- Apart from his delivery, I think he's good.
- Cat is so damn smart and his delivery is so good.
- We have conscious artists, but the delivery is everything.
- I don't know how hardcore you go about delivery style versus what is being said.
- That was a great delivery, right?
- I just think the joke wasn't funny enough, had poor delivery.
- And and so maybe you can critique me on my delivery of them and also the subtext.
- And he, his delivery and persona remind me a little bit of Russell Brand.
- And then the third benchmark is your delivery.
- I mean, I, I there's nothing I love more than a deadpan dry delivery.
- It does not mean not being assertive, it simply means being tactful with your delivery.
- And I think it's because it's so formulaic and the topics and their delivery.
- He has that guile and that delivery that he has some central areas.
Examples
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You need to work on your delivery, all right?
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He said he liked your material, loved your delivery, but wants you to polish it up ever so slightly.
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I read it with feeling and delivery so that everyone can easily follow it.
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That was a great delivery, right?
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I do think a lot of it is in the delivery of the joke.
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It's not the script, it's the delivery of the script.
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We have conscious artists, but the delivery is everything.
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The essence is the same, but the delivery is the difference.
Academic text (2008) -
But when we come at people with the right delivery, with the right energy, we disarm them.
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In fact, everyone's delivery was something we worked on a lot during rehearsals.
Synonyms
246
3.4
The way someone shows thoughts and feelings in speech and writing
34
1.0
The way a person uses words and voice when talking
15
3.8
A person's usual way of talking that shows how they feel or think
10
7.3
The skill of speaking in public in a formal, powerful way to move people
3
6.9
A skillful way of speaking or behaving in social situations
Antonyms
Compounds
- Informal
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2.2
A young man who delivers food and packages to homes by bicycle or motorbike
- Specialized
6
3.4
The way people get health services from places like a hospital or clinic
- Specialized
1
5.1
A medical way to help a baby out of the birth canal using metal tools to hold its head
- Specialized
1
7.1
A birth when the baby comes feet or bottom first instead of head first
1
3.8
A birth by an operation that cuts the mother's lower belly and womb to take out the baby
- Specialized
1
7.9
A tool used to carry genes into cells for research or treatment
- Specialized
1
6.0
A virus that carries new genes into cells for treatment or research
- Specialized
1
3.6
A baby born by an operation through the mother's belly and womb
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Etymology
Delivery comes from old words meaning 'hand over' or 'give', based on the root liber (as in liberty). So when we talk about someone's speech delivery, we mean the way they 'give' or 'present' their words to an audience.