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emancipation

English

Etymology

1630, from French émancipation, from Latin ?mancip?ti?. In the US, with reference to anti-slavery, abolitionism, first used in 1785 by Charles Godfrey Leland.. In Britain, with reference to easing of restrictions on Catholics, in 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /??mæns??pe??n?/
  • Rhymes: -e???n

Noun

emancipation (usually uncountable, plural emancipations)

  1. The act of setting free from the power of another, as from slavery, subjection, dependence, or controlling influence.
  2. The state of being thus set free; liberation (used, for example, of slaves from bondage, of a person from prejudices, of the mind from superstition, of a nation from tyranny or subjugation).
    US President Abraham Lincoln was called the Great Emancipator after issuing the Emancipation Proclamation in 1863.

Synonyms

  • (setting free from slavery): manumission

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Swedish

Noun

emancipation c

  1. emancipation

Declension

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delivery

English

Etymology

From Anglo-Norman, from Old French delivrer.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /d??l?v(?)?i/
  • Rhymes: -?v??i

Noun

delivery (countable and uncountable, plural deliveries)

  1. The act of conveying something.
    The delivery was completed by four.
    delivery of a nuclear missile to its target
  2. The item which has been conveyed.
    Your delivery is on the table.
  3. The act of giving birth
    The delivery was painful.
  4. (baseball) A pitching motion.
    His delivery has a catch in it.
  5. (baseball) A thrown pitch.
    Here is the delivery; ... strike three!
  6. The manner of speaking.
    The actor's delivery was flawless.
    • 1919, W. Somerset Maugham, The Moon and Sixpence, chapter 55
      I shall not tell what Dr. Coutras related to me in his words, but in my own, for I cannot hope to give at second hand any impression of his vivacious delivery.
  7. (medicine) The administration of a drug.
    Drug delivery system.
  8. (cricket) A ball bowled.
  9. (curling) The process of throwing a stone.
  10. (genetics) Process of introducing foreign DNA into host cells.

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from English delivery.

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /de.?li.ve.?i/

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries)

  1. (Brazil) delivery (the transportation of goods, usually food, directly to the customer’s house)
    Synonym: entrega

Spanish

Etymology

From English delivery.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de?libe?i/, [d?e?li.??e.?i]

Noun

delivery m (plural deliveries or delivery)

  1. delivery

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