DISPATCH
\dɪspˈat͡ʃ], \dɪspˈatʃ], \d_ɪ_s_p_ˈa_tʃ]\
Definitions of DISPATCH
- 2006 - WordNet 3.0
- 2011 - English Dictionary Database
- 2010 - New Age Dictionary Database
- 1913 - Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
- 1919 - The Concise Standard Dictionary of the English Language
- 1919 - The Winston Simplified Dictionary
- 1899 - The american dictionary of the english language.
- 1894 - The Clarendon dictionary
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an official report (usually sent in haste)
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the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
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killing a person or animal
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send away towards a designated goal
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dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned"
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
By Princeton University
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an official report (usually sent in haste)
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the murder or execution of someone
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the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch"
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
By DataStellar Co., Ltd
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To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
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To rid; to free.
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To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
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To send out of the world; to put to death.
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To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
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The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
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Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
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The act of dispatching.
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To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
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A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
By Oddity Software
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To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
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To rid; to free.
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To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
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To send out of the world; to put to death.
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To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
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The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
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Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
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A message transmitted by telegraph.
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The act of dispatching.
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To send off or away; - particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
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A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; - often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
By Noah Webster.
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The act of dispatching.
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Promptness; expedition; speed.
By James Champlin Fernald
By William Dodge Lewis, Edgar Arthur Singer
