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take delivery

take delivery verb: to have delivered; to receive as a delivery.

Verb

take delivery (third-person singular simple present takes delivery, present participle taking delivery, simple past took delivery, past participle taken delivery)

  1. (formal) To have delivered; to receive as a delivery.

Forms of take delivery

third-person singular presenttakes delivery
present participletaking delivery
pasttook delivery
past participletaken delivery

Questions about take delivery

What does take delivery mean?
Take delivery means to have delivered; to receive as a delivery.
What part of speech is take delivery?
Take delivery is a verb.
What is the past tense of take delivery?
The past tense of take delivery is took delivery.

Words near take delivery in the dictionary

  1. take control
  2. take courage
  3. take cover
  4. take credit
  5. take delight in
  6. take delivery
  7. take down
  8. take down a notch
  9. take down a peg
  10. take easy
  11. take effect

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