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1 N‑VAR Delivery or a delivery is the bringing of letters, parcels, or other goods to someone's house or to another place where they want them. □  It is available at £108, including VAT and delivery. □  …the delivery of goods and resources.

2 N‑COUNT A delivery of something is the goods that are delivered. □  I got a delivery of fresh eggs this morning.

3 ADJ [ADJ n] A delivery person or service delivers things to a place. □  …a pizza delivery man.

4 N‑UNCOUNT [usu poss N ] You talk about someone's delivery when you are referring to the way in which they give a speech or lecture. □  His speeches were magnificently written but his delivery was hopeless.

5 N‑VAR Delivery is the process of giving birth to a baby. □  In the end, it was an easy delivery: a fine baby boy.

de|li v|ery room (delivery rooms ) N‑COUNT In a hospital, the delivery room is the room where women give birth to their babies.

dell /de l/ (dells ) N‑COUNT A dell is a small valley which has trees growing in it. [LITERARY ]

del|phin|ium /delf I niəm/ (delphiniums ) N‑COUNT A delphinium is a garden plant which has a tall stem with blue flowers growing up it.

del|ta /de ltə/ (deltas ) N‑COUNT [oft n N ] A delta is an area of low, flat land shaped like a triangle, where a river splits and spreads out into several branches before entering the sea. □  …the Mississippi delta.

de|lude /d I luː d/ (deludes , deluding , deluded )

1 VERB If you delude yourself , you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true. □ [V pron-refl] The President was deluding himself if he thought he was safe from such action. □ [V pron-refl that] We delude ourselves that we are in control. □ [V pron-refl + into ] I had deluded myself into believing that it would all come right in the end.

2 VERB To delude someone into thinking something means to make them believe what is not true. □ [V n + into ] Television deludes you into thinking you have experienced reality, when you haven't. □ [be V -ed] He had been unwittingly deluded by their mystical nonsense. [Also V n]

de|lud|ed /d I luː d I d/ ADJ Someone who is deluded believes something that is not true. □  …deluded fanatics.

del|uge /de ljuːdʒ/ (deluges , deluging , deluged )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] A deluge of things is a large number of them which arrive or happen at the same time. □ [+ of ] A deluge of manuscripts began to arrive in the post. □ [+ of ] This has brought a deluge of criticism.

2 VERB [usu passive] If a place or person is deluged with things, a large number of them arrive or happen at the same time. □ [be V -ed + with/by ] During 1933, Papen's office was deluged with complaints.

3 N‑COUNT A deluge is a sudden, very heavy fall of rain. □  About a dozen homes were damaged in the deluge.

de|lu|sion /d I luː ʒ ^ə n/ (delusions )

1 N‑COUNT A delusion is a false idea. □  I was under the delusion that he intended to marry me.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Delusion is the state of believing things that are not true. □  This was not optimism, it was delusion.

3 PHRASE If someone has delusions of grandeur , they think and behave as if they are much more important or powerful than they really are. [DISAPPROVAL ]

deluxe /d I lʌ ks/ in BRIT, also use de luxe ADJ [ADJ n, n ADJ ] Deluxe goods or services are better in quality and more expensive than ordinary ones. □  …a rare, highly prized deluxe wine.

delve /de lv/ (delves , delving , delved )