Despatch

//dɪˈspætʃ// noun, verb

noun, verb ·Uncommon ·Advanced level

Definitions

Noun
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dispatch. alt-of, alternative, countable, uncountable

    "The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…]."

  2. 2
    the act of sending off something wordnet
  3. 3
    killing a person or animal wordnet
  4. 4
    the property of being prompt and efficient wordnet
  5. 5
    an official report (usually sent in haste) wordnet
Verb
  1. 1
    Alternative form of dispatch. alt-of, alternative

    "1833, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 8-9, page 31, She fainted, was got into bed, and a messenger was despatched for me."

  2. 2
    send away towards a designated goal wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms
communiquedispatchdispatchdispatchexpeditionexpeditiousness

Example

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"The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…]."

Related phrases

despatch case

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