Hyphenation of delivery

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word delivery? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

de-liv-ery

Definitions of delivery:

1.	The act of delivering or distributing something (as goods or mail) His reluctant delivery of bad news
2.	The event of giving birth She had a difficult delivery
3.	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
4.	The voluntary transfer of something (title or possession) from one party to another
5.	(baseball) the act of throwing a baseball by a pitcher to a batter
6.	Recovery or preservation from loss or danger Work is the deliverance of mankind A surgeon's job is the saving of lives
7.	The act of delivering a child

Synonyms of delivery:

noun	bringing, transportation, transfer, transferral, conveyance
noun	birth, nativity, nascency, nascence
noun	manner of speaking, speech, expressive style, style
noun	livery, legal transfer, conveyance, conveyance of title, conveyancing, conveying
noun	pitch, throw
noun	rescue, deliverance, saving, recovery, retrieval
noun	obstetrical delivery, deed, feat, effort, exploit

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Hyphenator

The hyphen is a punctuation mark used to join words and to separate syllables of a single word. The use of hyphens is called hyphenation. The hyphen should not be confused with dashes, which are longer and have different uses, or with the minus sign, which is also longer in some contexts. Some words can be hyphenated in different places and you can use this website to find out where. Also reffered to as syllable counter and divider.