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dispatch

dispatch

39 4.7
Sending people or things to a place for a purpose
  • noun
  • /dɪˈspætʃ/
translation icon : envío
  • Dispatch reinforcements to all posts immediately.
  • dispatch instructions
  • a dispatch unit
  • first dispatch

I used to work in dispatch and on the road for thousands of hours.

Examples

  • After receiving the dispatch, the team quickly prepared to deliver the supplies.

  • Company dispatch and the National Guard are the only ones who know we're here.

    Fiction book (1998)
  • I used to work in dispatch and on the road for thousands of hours.

  • And I, I eventually found the largest dispatch firm in the world through a lot of research.

  • I called dispatch and they said about an hour... so looks like we're looking at about 40 minutes.

  • Dispatch, please alert all units.

  • Dispatch, I'm having problems reading you.

  • Dispatch received a call from someone named... Suzie.

  • EMS units and dispatch need code words for dignitaries and any facilities at which they may be staying.

    Academic text (2007)
  • Dispatch, this is 1501.

Synonyms

shipment
vsdispatch
66 2.1

To send goods to a place by ship, truck, or plane

sends people or other items for a specific purpose

Compounds

dispatch rider
  • Archaic
1 8.3

A person who carries messages for the army by motorcycle often during war

dispatch box
  • Formal
1 8.8

A locked box used to carry and keep important government papers like speeches

dispatch case
  • Formal
7.8

A small lockable case for carrying important papers like letters or legal documents

happy dispatch
  • Archaic
7.6

A message that gives good news to people

A short message sent by radio to a central office or to the public

Reuters dispatch
  • Literature
3.5

A news report from the Reuters news agency

How Fast

to express
9 3.3
to rush
403 1.0
to expedite
  • Formal
45 6.5
dispatch
39 4.7
mail
659 1.0
to send
1.0

Surface Forms

dispatch singular
dispatches plural

Etymology

Dispatch originally meant 'send away quickly', so it naturally came to mean the act of sending someone or something to a place for a purpose, like sending a team or a package.