dispatch
🇺🇸
/dɪˈspætʃ/
🇬🇧
/dɪˈspætʃ/
verb
R
to send someone or something somewhere quickly
The company will dispatch a technician to fix your computer tomorrow.
R
to send a message or package
Please dispatch this letter to the main office as soon as possible.
R
to finish something quickly and completely
She dispatched all her work before lunchtime.
R
to kill someone or something
The hunter dispatched the wounded animal humanely.
noun
R
the act of sending something
The dispatch of emergency supplies was delayed by bad weather.
R
an official message or report
The general received an urgent dispatch from the front lines.
R
a news report from a foreign location
The journalist's dispatch from the conflict zone provided important updates.
translation
to send someone or something somewhere quickly; to send a message or package; to finish something quickly and completely; to kill someone or something
the act of sending something; an official message or report; a news report from a foreign location
Word Forms
3rd Present
dispatches
Past
dispatched
Perfect
dispatched
Progressive
dispatching
Plural
dispatches