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Dispatch

/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.

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📖 Definitions of "Dispatch"

noun

1
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.

verb

1
To send (a shipment) with promptness.
2
To send (a person) away hastily.
3
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.

🔄 Synonyms of "Dispatch"

14 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
dischargenoun	To free of a debt, claim, obligation, responsibility, accusation, etc.; to absolve; to acquit; to forgive; to clear.
completeverb	(transitive) To make whole or entire.
expeditionnoun	A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
hitverb	(heading, physical) To strike.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
murdernoun	(uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
bump offverb	(chiefly US, idiomatic) To kill, especially to murder.
expeditiousnessnoun	The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed.
shipmentnoun	A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
send offverb	To provide a celebration for someone who is leaving; give a sendoff.
polish offverb	(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
despatchnoun	Alternative form of dispatch. [A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.]
communiquenoun	Alternative form of communiqué. [An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.]
slayverb	(ambitransitive, chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) To amaze, stun, or otherwise incapacitate by excellence; to excel at something.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dispatch"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
expeditionnoun	A trip, especially a long one, made by a person or a group of people for a specific purpose.
expeditiousnessnoun	The state of being expeditious; celerity, rapidity or speed.
hitnoun	A blow; a punch; a striking against; the collision of one body against another; the stroke that touches anything.
send offnoun	farewell party
removenoun	The act of removing something.
despatchnoun	Alternative form of dispatch. [A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.]
bump offverb	(chiefly US, idiomatic) To kill, especially to murder.
completenoun	A completed survey.
slaynoun	(chiefly African-American Vernacular and LGBTQ slang) Something excellent, amazing, or fashionable.
dischargenoun	(medicine) The act of releasing an inpatient from hospital.
murdernoun	(uncountable) The crime of killing a person unlawfully, especially with predetermination.
polish offverb	(idiomatic) To finish completely, especially a food (polish the plate with one's tongue) or liquor.
communiquenoun	Alternative form of communiqué. [An official report or statement, such as a government press release or the report of a conference.]
shipmentnoun	A load of goods that is transported by any method (not just by ship).
speednoun	The state of moving quickly or the capacity for rapid motion.
speedinessnoun	The property of being fast; swiftness.
hastenoun	Speed; swiftness; dispatch.
celeritynoun	Speed, swiftness.
hurrynoun	Rushed action.
pushingnoun	The act by which something is pushed.