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Despatch
/dəˈspætʃ/
A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
📖 Definitions of "Despatch"
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A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
- 2
The act of doing something quickly.
"We must act with dispatch in this matter."
- 3
A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
- 4
The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
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To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- 2
To send (a person) away hastily.
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To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- 4
To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
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