early delivery
Before the deadline
Early delivery refers to something arriving or being completed before the expected or scheduled time.
In shipping and logistics, it means goods reaching their destination ahead of the promised date: The package arrived Tuesday—early delivery by three days.
In pregnancy, early delivery means giving birth before the due date, which may require medical intervention if the baby comes too soon.
The phrase can also describe premature completion of any project or obligation: Early delivery of the report impressed the client.
- prematureOccurring before expected
- pretermBefore expected arrival
- laborStrenuous effort; also childbirth
- water breakingAmniotic sac opening
- contractionsShortened word forms
NICU · incubator · newborn · rushed · express · shipping · ahead · schedule · expedited · urgent · fast · priority · same day · overnight · rush order · baby · birth · cesarean
- newbornsbaby, preemie, newborn, neonate, premature baby
- pregnancy complicationspreeclampsia, eclampsia, HELLP syndrome, fetal distress, premature birth
early deliverylate delivery
Shipment past due date
delayed delivery · delayed shipment · late arrival · missed deadline · held up
early deliverylate delivery
Shipment past due date
delayed delivery · on-time delivery · scheduled delivery · standard delivery
early, earlier, earliest, earliness, delivery, deliver, delivers, delivered, delivering