to dispatch
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4.1
- verb
- /dɪˈspætʃ/
:
enviar
- The company dispatches its products directly from the warehouse to customers across the country.
- dispatch instructions
- dispatch troops
- dispatch a team
Examples
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The United States responded by dispatching two nuclear-armed aircraft carriers to the area.
Academic text (1999) -
Search and rescue units have been dispatched to assist survivors of the crisis.
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We'll dispatch a car to this address.
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Miss, we're dispatching a unit right now.
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Dispatch a fuel truck to the ramp, full load.
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A police car has been dispatched.
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Patrol cars have been dispatched to your location.
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The United States Navy dispatched a hospital ship called the Comfort, where doctors treated nearly 1,000 patients.
Academic text (2011) -
Transport planes laden with food and medical supplies have already been dispatched to the stricken area.
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The manager decided to dispatch a team to handle the unexpected crisis immediately.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
Make someone go to a place, often for work or as punishment
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1.8
Cause something to go to other people or places
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2.9
To post or email something to another place
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1.9
Make something go to another place by post
Antonyms
Compounds
- Archaic
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8.3
A person who carries messages for the army by motorcycle often during war
- Formal
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8.8
A locked box used to carry and keep important government papers like speeches
- Formal
A small lockable case for carrying important papers like letters or legal documents
How Fast
Surface Forms
Etymology
Dispatch as a verb keeps the old sense 'send away quickly', so to dispatch a team or a message is to send them off at once and without delay.