despatch
🇺🇸
/dɪˈspætʃ/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈspætʃ/
verb
R
to send someone or something somewhere quickly
The company will despatch the order tomorrow.
R
to send a letter, package, or message
Please despatch the letter as soon as possible.
R
to finish something quickly and completely
He despatched his work in record time.
R
to kill a person or animal
The hunter despatched the wounded animal.
noun
R
the act of sending something
The despatch of goods will happen today.
R
a quick message or report
The general received an urgent despatch from the front.
R
a news report from a foreign country
The newspaper published a despatch from the war correspondent.
translation
to send someone or something somewhere quickly; to send a letter, package, or message; to finish something quickly and completely; to kill a person or animal
the act of sending something; a quick message or report; a news report from a foreign country
Word Forms
Perfect
despatched
Plural
despatches
Past
despatched
Progressive
despatching
3rd Present
despatches