dispatch

Examples

• All

• Following September 11, Congress acted with dispatch to set up a program to build a bioterrorism response capability in this country.

  Academic text (2002)

• The rescue team responded with great dispatch to ensure the safety of the stranded hikers.

• A central bank has the freedom to act with dispatch within days.

  Academic text (1999)

• We'll press on with all possible dispatch.

  It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)

• Tobacco needed to be moved with dispatch because market prices could change quickly.

  Academic text (2007)

• The few problem cases she handled with humor and dispatch.

  Fiction book (2001)

• The Council acted with great dispatch, got both sides behind their respective frontiers, and ended the episode quickly.

  Academic text (1995)

• Proceeding with all dispatch.

  Tremors 4: The Legend Begins (2004)

• Arnaud ate with dispatch, if not relish, and did not seem disposed to offer further conversation.

  Fiction book (1993)

• But Walton has done it briskly and, doubtless aided by the economic downturn of the past three years, with great dispatch.

  Academic text (2011)

Synonyms

I

immediacy

vsdispatch

16 5.8

A feeling that you are experiencing something directly right now

focuses on efficient and prompt task completion rather than directness

P

promptness

vsdispatch

4 3.5

Doing something quickly and at the expected time

emphasizes doing tasks efficiently rather than only being on time

P

promptitude

vsdispatch

1 9.5

Acting quickly without delay when action is needed

adds the idea of efficiency in task completion as well

E

expeditiousness

vsdispatch

8.6

Quick and efficient action that gets work done

is about prompt efficiency when completing duties or specific tasks

I

immediateness

vsdispatch

8.1

Happening right away with nothing in between

stresses efficient duty completion beyond mere lack of delay

Antonyms

I

inefficiency

27 4.2

A situation when work wastes time, money or effort

Compounds

D

dispatch rider

• Archaic

1 8.3

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

D

dispatch box

• Formal

1 8.8

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

D

dispatch case

• Formal

7.8

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

H

happy dispatch

• Archaic

7.6

A message that gives good news to people

R

radio dispatch

4.4

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

R

Reuters dispatch

• Literature

3.5

A news report from the Reuters news agency

How Prompt

alacrity

4 8.4

dispatch

• Formal

5 6.4

punctuality

16 3.5

inefficiency

27 4.2

slowness

5 1.1

Surface Forms

Etymology