dispatch

dispatch
[[t]dɪspæ̱tʃ[/t]]
dispatches, dispatching, dispatched
(in BRIT, also use despatch)
1) VERB If you dispatch someone to a place, you send them there for a particular reason. [FORMAL]

[V n adv/prep] He had been continually dispatching scouts ahead...

[V n to-inf] The Italian government was preparing to dispatch 4,000 soldiers to search the island.

Syn:
N-UNCOUNT: usu N of n
Dispatch is also a noun.

The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.

2) VERB If you dispatch a message, letter, or parcel, you send it to a particular person or destination. [FORMAL]

[V n prep/adv] The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt...

[be V-ed] Free gifts are dispatched separately so please allow 28 days for delivery. [Also V n]

Syn:
N-UNCOUNT
Dispatch is also a noun.

We have 125 cases ready for dispatch.

3) N-COUNT A dispatch is a special report that is sent to a newspaper or broadcasting organization by a journalist who is in a different town or country.

...this despatch from our West Africa correspondent.

Syn:
4) N-COUNT A dispatch is a message or report that is sent, for example, by army officers or government officials to their headquarters.

I was carrying dispatches from the ambassador.

Syn:
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PHRASE: V inflects If a soldier is mentioned in dispatches, he or she is considered to have been extremely brave in a battle, and is recommended for a medal.

He was hailed as a hero, mentioned in dispatches and finally given a medal.

5) VERB To dispatch a person or an animal means to kill them. [OLD-FASHIONED]

[V n] The fox takes his chance with a pack of hounds which may catch him and despatch him immediately.

6) VERB To dispatch a job or task means to finish it quickly and efficiently without wasting time. [OLD-FASHIONED]

[V n] Amy sat outside in the sun while Gerald despatched his business.

Syn:
7) N-UNCOUNT: with N If you do something with dispatch, you do it very quickly. [OLD-FASHIONED]

He feels we should act with despatch.


English dictionary. 2008.

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