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dispatch

/dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/

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What does dispatch mean?

verb

  1. To send (a shipment) with promptness.
  2. To send (a person) away hastily.
  3. To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
More meanings (14)

verb

  1. To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
  2. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
  3. To eat, especially quickly.
  4. To rid; to free.
  5. To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
  6. To defeat
  7. To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
  8. (obsolete) To hurry.
  9. (obsolete) To deprive.

noun

  1. A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
  2. The act of doing something quickly.
  3. A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
  4. The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
  5. (obsolete) A dismissal.

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IPA pronunciation

/dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/

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Other dictionary pronunciations

/dəˈspæt͡ʃ/
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When the dispatch from Long’s Peak had once become known, there was but one universal feeling of surprise and alarm.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
Catherine had no leisure for speech, being at once blushing, tying her gown, and forming wise resolutions with the most violent dispatch.
Jane AustenNorthanger AbbeyProject Gutenberg ebook #121
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All the best laws, ceremonies, religions, and deeds of the world cannot take away sin guilt, cannot dispatch death, cannot purchase life.
Martin LutherCommentary on the Epistle to the GalatiansTranslated by Theodore GraebnerProject Gutenberg ebook #1549
When the lock of hair method is chosen as a means of happy dispatch, the process is carried out by a professional.
K. Langloh (Katie Langloh) ParkerThe Euahlayi Tribe: A Study of Aboriginal Life in AustraliaProject Gutenberg ebook #3819
Every five years they dispatch some one among them to him, to entreat of him such necessaries as they stand in need of.
Michel de MontaigneEssays of Michel de Montaigne — CompleteTranslated by Charles CottonProject Gutenberg ebook #3600