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dispatch

The correct spelling is dispatch.

How to pronounce dispatch

/dəˈspætʃ/
noun

IPA: /dəˈspætʃ/

Say it like: Dis-pac-h

The correct spelling is dispatch. 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. For example: "We must act with dispatch in this matter."

Usage Examples

We must act with dispatch in this matter.

Meanings

noun

  1. 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. 2.The act of doing something quickly.
  3. 3.A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
  4. 4.The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
  5. 5.A dismissal.

verb

  1. 1.To send (a shipment) with promptness.
  2. 2.To send (a person) away hastily.
  3. 3.To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
  4. 4.To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
  5. 5.To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

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