Despatch

Word DESPATCH
Character 8
Hyphenation de spatch
Pronunciations /dəˈspætʃ/

Definitions and meanings of "Despatch"

What do we mean by despatch?

To deliver; rid; free; disentangle; discharge: usually reflexive.

To send to a destination; cause to start for or go to an appointed place; put under way: usually implying urgent importance or haste as to purpose, or promptness and regularity as to time: as, to despatch a messenger or a letter asking for assistance; to despatch an envoy to a foreign court; to despatch a ship.

To transact or dispose of speedily or with promptness; attend to; bring to an end; accomplish: as, to despatch business.

To finish or make an end of by promptly putting to death; kill.

Synonyms To hasten off.

To make short work of, dispose of (quickly).

Slay, Murder, etc. See kill.

To go expeditiously; be quick.

To conclude or dispose of an affair or matter; make a finish.

A sending off or away; a prompt or regular starting or transmission, as of some one on an errand or a commission, or of a ship, freight, etc., on its prescribed course or toward its destination: as, the despatch of the mails; the despatch of troops to the front. noun

A sending away or getting rid of something; a putting out of the way, or a doing away with; riddance; dismissal. noun

Prompt or expeditious performance; complete or regular execution or transaction; the act of bringing to a conclusion. noun

Speed; haste; expedition; due diligence: as, repairing done with neatness and despatch; go, but make despatch. noun

Conduct; management. noun

A written message sent or to be sent with expedition: as, a telegraphic despatch. noun

An official letter relating to public affairs, as from a minister to an ambassador or a commander, or from the latter to the former, usually conveyed by a special messenger or bearer of despatches. noun

A conveyance or an organization for the expeditious transmission of merchandise, money, etc.: as, the Merchants' Despatch; it was sent by despatch. noun

A decisive answer. noun

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.

The act of doing something quickly.

A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.

The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.

A dismissal.

1.To put someone down verbally or physically in an amusing manner 2. To get rid of someone, usually in a hurry Typically occurs whilst drunk Urban Dictionary

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The word "despatch" in example sentences

Government had empowered him to do; and, though the "secret and most confidential" despatch of March 22nd cautioned him against narrowing too much the ground of a rupture, if a rupture should still occur, yet three days later, and _after the receipt of this despatch_, he signed the terms of peace with Joseph Bonaparte, and two days later with the other signatory Powers. [ ❋ John Holland Rose (1898)

Head notes that the first mention in the written record of the use of potatoes in Newfoundland appears in a 1754 despatch from the governor to the Colonial Office. back ❋ Unknown (2005)

A despatch from the stadium stating that the Exhibition was open was sent to every part of the British Empire. ❋ Unknown (1924)

And he has done it right along, for example, on the Ypres-Peronne road last year that was absolutely and directly shot up where the Australians were! today's despatch is another piece of evidence added to the thousands we already have showing how unfitted the Hun is to dominate the world, and how we must keep on until he is absolutely smashed. ❋ Unknown (1918)

The latter presented him with another despatch from the prince of Wales. ❋ Unknown (1875)

The whole conduct of Tatnai, as well as the general tone of his despatch, is marked by a sound discretion and prudent moderation, free from any party bias, and evincing a desire only to do his duty. ❋ Unknown (1871)

The following despatch is from General Sheridan himself, dated the 20th ult., the day after the battle: -- ❋ Unknown (1864)

The next despatch is from Earl Russell to Lord Lyons, stating the outrage on the British flag, and hoping that the act was committed without instructions from the Federal Government, as that Government must be aware that Great Britain cannot allow such an affront to pass without reparation. ❋ Unknown (1862)

The Earl's despatch is calm and terse, but it condenses the situation with too much felicity to make it exactly pleasant reading in the North. ❋ Unknown (1862)

It is asserted that his departure took place in consequence of an urgent despatch from the Washington Cabinet. ❋ Unknown (1861)

Washington, had an audience with the President to deliver the following despatch from the Russian Chancery: - ❋ Unknown (1861)

The Queen sends this draft to Lord John Russell, as she thinks the tone in which it is written so very ironical, and not altogether becoming for a public despatch from the English Secretary for Foreign ❋ Queen Of Great Britain Victoria (1860)

In a despatch from the Dutch embassy the States General were informed that many of the votes of that session which had caused astonishment out of doors were to be ascribed to nothing but to the bitter envy which the ability and fame of Montague had excited. ❋ Thomas Babington Macaulay Macaulay (1829)

It was at least to be expected, that the convenience of the public highways and established posts would have enabled the emperors to transmit their orders with the utmost despatch from the palace of Nicomedia to the extremities of the Roman world; and that they would not have suffered fifty days to elapse, before the edict was published in Syria, and near four months before it was signified to the cities of Africa. ❋ Unknown (1206)

Here though the agent of their despatch is a shadowy metaphysical force rather than an axe murder. ❋ Coalescent (2006)

_Ferdinand's_ pockets and finds despatch, which is again projected on the screen. ❋ Various (N/A)

But appended to the despatch was a postscript, in _cipher_, stating the reality of the transaction. ❋ Various (N/A)

Two days before this letter reached Paris, Toulon had fallen, and the Representatives gave out that the despatch was a forgery. ❋ Lockhart, John G (1906)

She would have recalled the despatch if she could have done so. ❋ Margaret Wade Campbell Deland (1901)

Cottin omits this despatch, which is essential to the understanding of ❋ John Holland Rose (1898)

"That girl was a [total] [munter] - I despatched her first thing [in the morning]" ❋ Paulo (2004)

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