{
    "term": "delivery",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b2",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "the act of taking goods, letters, etc. to the people they have been sent to",
            "sensetop": "on delivery",
            "labels": "(formal)",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Allow 28 days for delivery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer free delivery on orders over $200."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The service guarantees next-day delivery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Please pay for goods on delivery *(= when you receive them)*.",
                    "contextForm": "on delivery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "When can you **take delivery of** *(= be available to receive)* the car?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "A delivery van was waiting in the street outside."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Remember to cancel mail delivery when you go on vacation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ensure all material is properly packed and sent by recorded delivery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Order by 30 November to ensure delivery by Christmas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We offer free home delivery."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We guarantee delivery before 9  a.m. the next day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "guaranteed express delivery to over 170 countries"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government has now taken delivery of the new fighter planes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had made a delivery to the address earlier that day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The shop receives only one delivery of books per week."
                },
                {
                    "text": "At the moment there are two deliveries a day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have regular deliveries of bread and milk to the cottage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are awaiting delivery of some new office furniture."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We do all our deliveries in the mornings."
                },
                {
                    "text": "completed orders for delivery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He was employed at the local grocery store as a delivery boy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are there any delivery charges?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The cost of postal delivery to rural houses is three times as much."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Getting delivery trucks to the site was difficult."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["large", "small", "express"],
                "verb + delivery": ["do", "make", "accept"],
                "delivery + noun": ["truck", "van", "date"],
                "preposition": ["for delivery", "on delivery", "delivery to"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "the act of making a service or information available to people",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "the delivery of public services"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We have invested to improve **service delivery**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Digital content delivery, especially music and video, is big business."
                },
                {
                    "text": "an electronic message delivery system"
                },
                {
                    "text": "New trends in healthcare delivery pose a significant challenge to hospitals throughout the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We need more efficient delivery of humanitarian aid."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "the process of giving birth to a baby",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "an easy/a difficult delivery"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a delivery room/ward *(= in a hospital, etc.)*"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a **vaginal/caesarean delivery**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "She had a very easy delivery with her second child."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The figures show an increase in forceps deliveries."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["difficult", "easy", "premature"],
                "verb + delivery": ["have"],
                "delivery + noun": ["room"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "the way in which somebody speaks, sings a song, etc. in public",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The beautiful poetry was ruined by her poor delivery."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "a ball that is thrown, especially in cricket or baseball",
            "cefr": "c2",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "a fast delivery"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Sports: ball and racket sports"]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a system of paying for goods when they are delivered",
            "examples": []
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvəri/",
                "audio": "de/delivery/delivery__gb_2.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/dɪˈlɪvəri/",
                "audio": "de/delivery/delivery__us_1_rr.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Anglo-Norman French delivree, feminine past participle of delivrer, based on Latin de- ‘away’ + liberare ‘set free’."
}