Term: dispatch





dispatch (verb / noun):

  • Logistics: to send off a person, vehicle, or package to a specific destination for a particular purpose.
  • Emergency Services: to coordinate and send help (police, fire, ambulance) to a scene.
  • Action/Task: to deal with a task or a problem quickly and efficiently.
  • As a noun: an official report or message; or, the act of sending someone or something somewhere.

synonyms: (v) send, ship, transmit, execute; (n) message, bulletin, shipment. 

pronunciation: /dɪˈspætʃ/ 

translation: nosūtīt, izsūtīt (v); ziņojums, nosūtīšana (n). 

example: The warehouse manager promised to dispatch the order by the end of the day so it would arrive by morning. 

other words from this root: dispatcher (noun).


Contextual Usage

  • Shipping & E-commerce: Used when a package leaves the warehouse and begins its journey to the customer.”You will receive an email notification once your items have been dispatched from our facility.”
  • Emergency Response: Refers to the central hub that receives 911/112 calls and sends the right teams to help.”The operator will dispatch an ambulance to your location immediately; please stay on the line.”
  • Business Efficiency: Used when someone finishes a job very quickly without wasting time.”She dispatched the morning’s emails in record time, leaving her free to focus on the afternoon meeting.”
  • Military & Journalism: An official report sent from the “field” (like a war zone) back to headquarters or a newspaper.”The journalist’s final dispatch from the front lines described the difficult conditions faced by the local people.”
Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
dispatch (verb)
transitive verb
1.
to send off or away with promptness or speed , especially to send off on official business
2.
a) to kill with quick efficiency
b) obsolete - deprive
3.
to of (as a task) rapidly or efficiently - dispose
4.
intransitive verb
- defeat archaic to make haste - hurry kill
dispatch (noun)
1.
a) a message sent with speed , especially an important official message sent by a diplomatic, military, or naval officer
b) a news item filed by a correspondent
2.
the act of as - dispatching
a) obsolete - dismissal
b) the act of killing
c) (1) prompt settlement (as of an item of business)
(2) quick riddance
d) a sending off - shipment
3.
promptness and efficiency in performance or transmission - done with dispatch haste
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
dispatch (noun)
1.
a message on paper from one person or group to another
SYNONYMS:
dispatch, epistle, memo, memorandum, missive, note
RELATED WORDS:
billet-doux, open letter; airmail, card, electronic mail, e-mail, junk mail, mail, postal card, postcard; communication, report; encyclical
dispatch (noun)
2.
a piece of conveyed information
SYNONYMS:
dispatch, message
RELATED WORDS:
bulletin, communiqué, express [], report; memo, memorandum, notice; epistle, letter, missive, note; electronic mail, e-mail, voice mail; intelligence, news, tidings, word; command, directive, instruction, order
dispatch (verb)
1.
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
SYNONYMS:
consign, dispatch, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport
RELATED WORDS:
convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render; advance, drop, launch; address, forward; export, import; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; resend, return
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure
accept, receive
dispatch (verb)
2.
to deprive of life
SYNONYMS:
carry off, claim, croak, destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay, take
RELATED WORDS:
bump off, butcher, cut down, finish, get, ice [], knock off, murder, neutralize, off [], put away, rub out, scrag, snuff, take out, waste, whack []; annihilate, blot out, decimate, kill off, massacre, mow, slaughter, smite; assassinate, execute, martyr, terminate; euthanize ( euthanatize), put down; suicide
NEAR ANTONYMS:
raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive; nurture
animate
dispatch (verb)
3.
to put to death deliberately
SYNONYMS:
assassinate, bump off, croak, dispatch, do in, execute, get, ice, knock off, liquidate, neutralize, off, put away, rub out, slay, snuff, take out, terminate, whack
RELATED WORDS:
blow away, shoot, shoot down; blot out, carry off, claim, cut down, destroy, fell, kill, smite, zap; butcher, massacre, mow (down), slaughter; annihilate, eliminate, eradicate, exterminate, wipe out
NEAR ANTONYMS:
animate, raise, restore, resurrect, resuscitate, revive
dispatch (verb)
4.
to achieve a victory over
SYNONYMS:
best, conquer, defeat, dispatch, do down, get, get around, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), skunk, stop, subdue, surmount, take, trim, triumph (over), upend, win (against), worst
RELATED WORDS:
sweep; edge (out), nose out, pip []; annihilate, blow away, blow out, bomb, break, bury, clobber, cream, crush, drub, finish, flatten, overwhelm, rout, shellac, skin, slaughter, smoke [], snow under, thrash, trounce, upset, wallop, wax [], whip; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, subjugate, unseat, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, excel, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend
NEAR ANTONYMS:
fall, give up, go down, go under; collapse, fail, flop, flunk, fold, wash out
lose (to)
dispatch (verb)
5.
to cause to go or be taken from one place to another
SYNONYMS:
consign, dispatch, pack (off), ship, shoot, transfer, transmit, transport
RELATED WORDS:
convey, deliver, hand over, pass, render; advance, drop, launch; address, forward; export, import; bestow, contribute, donate, give, present; resend, return
NEAR ANTONYMS:
acquire, draw, earn, gain, garner, get, obtain, procure, secure
accept, receive
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