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Definition: Dispatch

Dispatch

Noun

1. An official report (usually sent in haste).

2. The act of sending off something.

3. The property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch".

4. The murder or execution of someone.

Verb

1. Send off promptly.

2. Complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties".

3. Kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered".

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "dispatch" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1350. (references)


Specialty Definition: Dispatch

DomainDefinition

Economics

1.An amount paid by a vessel's operator to a charterer if loading or unloading is completed in less time than stipulated in the charter agreement. 2. a message or report to a newspaper from a correspondent, or between government services such as state or military. 3. to send to a destination. (references)

Public Administration

A message dispatched or sent with speed; esp: an important official message often in cipher sent by an officer of the diplomatic, military, or naval service of a government. Source: European Union. (references)

Publishing & Graphic Arts

The foreign correspondent. . . should be an effective writer, because his style contributes to the force of appeal made by his dispatches. Source: European Union. (references)

Statistics

The shipment of Community goods and non-Community goods to a destination in another Member State. Source: European Union. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Specialty Definition: Dispatch

(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)

A Dispatch can be:

Dispatch is a form of telephone operations where designated persons known as dispatchers answer telephone calls and relay messages from callers to mobile units. The function is found in transportation, particularly with couriers, taxis and emergency services

Emergency services are dispatched using the emergency telephone number.

Computer assisted dispatch systems are often used to schedule and prioritize the messages so that the most important or nearest job is assigned to a mobile unit.

Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Dispatch."

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Synonyms: Dispatch

Synonyms: communique (n), expedition (n), expeditiousness (n), shipment (n), bump off (v), complete (v), despatch (v), discharge (v), hit (v), murder (v), polish off (v), remove (v), send off (v), slay (v). (additional references)

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Synonyms within Context: Dispatch

ContextSynonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus).

Activity

Nimbleness, agility; smartness, quickness; Adjective: velocity; alacrity, despatch, dispatch; expedition; haste; punctuality; (early).

Command

Despatch, dispatch; message, direction, injunction, charge, instructions; appointment, fixture.

Completion

Noun: completion, accomplishment, achievement, fulfillment; performance, execution; despatch, dispatch; consummation, culmination; finish, conclusion; close; (end); terminus; (arrival); winding up; finale, denouement, catastrophe, issue, upshot, result; final touch, last touch, crowning touch, finishing touch, finishing stroke; last finish, coup de grace; crowning of the edifice; coping-stone, keystone; missing link; superstructure, ne plus ultra, work done, fait accompli.

Despatch, dispatch; knock off, finish off, polish off; make short work of; dispose of, set at rest; perform, discharge, fulfill, realize; put in practice, put in force; carry out, carry into effect, carry into execution; make good; be as good as one's word.

Conduct

Verb: transact, execute; despatch, dispatch; proceed with, discharge; carry on, carry through, carry out, carry into effect, put into effect; work out; go through, get through; enact; put into practice; do; officiate.

Correspondence

Noun: correspondence, letter, epistle, note, billet, post card, missive, circular, favor, billet-doux; chit, chitty, letter card, picture post card; postal, card; despatch; dispatch; bulletin, these presents; rescript, rescription; post; (messenger).

Ejection

Verb: give exit, give vent to; let out, give out, pour out, squeeze out, send out; dispatch, despatch; exhale, excern, excrete; embogue; secrete, secern; extravasate, shed, void, evacuation; emit; open the sluices, open the floodgates; turn on the tap; extrude, detrude; effuse, spend, expend; pour forth; squirt, spirt, spurt, spill, slop; perspire; (exude); breathe, blow; (wind).

Food

Verb: eat, feed, fare, devour, swallow, take; gulp, bolt, snap; fall to; despatch, dispatch; discuss; take down, get down, gulp down; lay in, tuck in; lick, pick, peck; gormandize; bite, champ, munch, cranch, craunch, crunch, chew, masticate, nibble, gnaw, mumble.

Haste

Noun: haste, urgency; despatch, dispatch; acceleration, spurt, spirt, forced march, rush, dash; speed, velocity; precipitancy, precipitation, precipitousness; Adjective: impetuosity; brusquerie; hurry, drive, scramble, bustle, fuss, fidget, flurry, flutter, splutter.

Killing

Verb: kill, put to death, slay, shed blood; murder, assassinate, butcher, slaughter, victimize, immolate; massacre; take away life, deprive of life; make away with, put an end to; despatch, dispatch; burke, settle, do for.

News

Word, advice, aviso, message; dispatch, despatch; telegram, cable, marconigram, wire, communication, errand, embassy.

Punishment

Capital punishment; execution; lethal injection; the gas chamber; hanging;Verb: electrocution, rail-riding, scarpines; decapitation, decollation; garrotte, garrotto; crucifixion, impalement; firing squad; martyrdom; auto-da-fe; noyade; happy dispatch.

Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus.

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Crosswords: Dispatch

English words defined with "dispatch": Accelerating force, Advice boat, Adviso, Avisodateline, Dispatching, DispeedPneumatic tubeSpeed pulleyTo make haste, transporter. (references)
Specialty definitions using "dispatch": AIRPLANE-DISPATCH CLERK, alarm-signal operator, Autonomous Nano Technology SwarmBUS ATTENDANT, BUS DISPATCHER, INTERSTATEcentralized dispatch, COMPLAINT EVALUATION OFFICER, CONTACT CLERKDictionary, Dispatchability, DISPATCHER, SECURITY GUARD, DISPATCHER, TUGBOAT, district supervisor, drop-board operator, dx board operatorflight follower, flight-operations-dispatch clerkgauger, chief deliveryHURRYindependent system operator, ISOMake way with, MANAGER, BUS TRANSPORTATION, MANAGER, FLIGHT CONTROL, MANAGER, TRUCK TERMINAL, move-upnon-registered traderoperator, circuit, operator, direct wirePOWER POOL, PRICER, MESSAGE AND DELIVERY SERVICE, PROTECTIVE-SIGNAL OPERATORQUICK AND NIMBLEradio operator, ground, RADIO STATION OPERATOR, RECEIVER-DISPATCHER, repair-service clerkservice aide, SERVICE CLERK, service-order dispatcher, signal timer, SPATCH COCK, SUPERVISOR, FIELD PIPELINES, SUPERVISOR, TELECOMMUNICATORTELECOMMUNICATOR, terminal manager, terminal-gauger supervisor, TRANSMITTING UTILITY, TRIP FOLLOWER, TROUBLE LOCATOR, TEST DESK. (references)
Etymologies containing "dispatch": Perfunctory. (references)

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Modern Usage: Dispatch

DomainUsage

Screenplays

It was the governments of the West who drew the boundaries of our countries -- sometimes in ink, sometimes in blood -- the blood of our people. And now you dispatch your peacekeepers to write our destiny again (The Peacemaker; writing credit: Leslie Cockburn; Andrew Cockburn)

Let me tell you something, this is not an easy job. I get a call on the radio, dispatch, it's bad news (Magnolia; writing credit: Paul Thomas Anderson)

Movie/TV Titles

A Dispatch from Reuters (1940)

With Neatness and Dispatch (1918)

The Lost Dispatch (1913)

Dispatch Boat Dolphin (1898)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Commercial Usage: Dispatch

DomainTitle

References

  • Dispatch Management Services Corp.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

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Books

  • Advanced Load Dispatch for Power Systems: Principles, Practices and Economies (Advances in Industrial Control) (reference)

  • DISPATCH MANAGEMENT SERVICES CORP.: Labor Productivity Benchmarks and International Gap Analysis [DOWNLOAD: ADOBE READER] (reference)

  • Emergency Medical Dispatch Program, Basic Emd Course: Instructor Manual (reference)

  • Principles of Emergency Medical Dispatch (reference)

  • With All Dispatch (reference)

    (more book examples)

  

Periodicals

  

Theater & Movies

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Image Slideshow: Dispatch

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Photo Album: Dispatch

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His Last Dispatch," George Neville on Morine Creek Fire. Credit: Terry Tuttle.

Medical Dispatch or : Doctor Doubledose Killing Two Birds With One Stone. / Rowlandson Del. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

"Lenine calls for return of intellectuals" News dispatch. Credit: Library of Congress.

By 1918 the Fruit Dispatch Company ... / S-P Eng. Co. Mil. Credit: Library of Congress.

The St. Louis Post Dispatch building, Saint Louis, Mo. Credit: Library of Congress.

Massaponax Church, Va. "Council of War": Gen. Ulysses S. Grant (left end of bench nearest tree) writing a dispatch. Credit: Library of Congress.

New York, New York. Wire room of the New York Times newspaper. Copy boy about to tear off dispatch coming over Associated Press. Credit: Library of Congress.

General Pershing cables "No other organization since the world began has ever done such great constructive work with the efficiency, dispatch and understanding, often under adverse circumstances, than has been done in France by American Red Cross in the l. Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

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Sounds Captioned with "Dispatch".

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Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge.Dispatch; communicate; alert; .
Squeal; rev; high-speed; rushing; bustle; celerity; commotion; dash; dispatch; drive; expedition; expeditiousness; flurry; haste; precipitance; precipitateness; precipitation; promptitude; push; quickness; rush; rustle; scurry; speediness; swiftness; urge.
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Familiar Quotations: Dispatch

AuthorQuotation

Aldus Manutius

Talk of nothing but business, and dispatch that business quickly.

Niccolo Machiavelli

Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Historic Usage: Dispatch

AuthorDateQuotation

John Locke

1690

And of Caligula, that he openly declared, that he would be no longer a head to the people or senate, and that he had it in his thoughts to cut off the worthiest men of both ranks, and then retire to Alexandria: and he wisht that the people had but one neck, that he might dispatch them all at a blow, Such designs as these, when any king harbours in his thoughts, and seriously promotes, he immediately gives up all care and thought of the common-wealth; and consequently forfeits the power of governing his subjects, as a master does the dominion over his slaves whom he hath abandoned. (Second Treatise of Government)

Treaty of Versailles

1919

The French State shall enjoy complete liberty with respect to the distribution, dispatch and sale prices of-the products of the mines and their accessories and subsidiaries. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Use in Literature: Dispatch

TitleAuthorQuote

King Richard III

Shakespeare, William

Are you now going to dispatch this thing

Gulliver's Travels

Swift, Jonathan

The dispatch came from court about the time we expected

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Non-Fiction Usage: Dispatch

SubjectTopicQuote

Business

The Company's dispatch center for this service is located at the Chernobyl nuclear station. (references)

At this point Orbcomm Ukraine is implementing a number of pilot projects including a fully functional dispatch service for transport companies, transmission of telemetric information obtained at nuclear stations located in Ukraine and tracking of freight for these stations (including Chernobyl). (references)

Children

Korea

In July the Government enacted a revised Child Protection Law that mandates the establishment of a child abuse hot line and the dispatch of trained personnel to take preliminary measures for the protection of an abused child. (references)

Civil Liberties

Malawi

The Dispatch newspaper was not published after the arrests. (references)

Malawi

In May a journalist, a printer, and four newspaper vendors were arrested for distributing an edition of The Dispatch newspaper, which contained articles that the Government stated would "cause public fear and alarm." The paper reported on a plot to impeach President Muluzi and allegations of government corruption made by the opposition. (references)

Economic History

Ukraine

The National Dispatch Center (NDC), which includes eight regional dispatch centers, controls the stability in the energy grid. (references)

Armenia

Opportunities may exist for the procurement of dispatch systems, cables, transformers, household electricity meters, and other related equipment. (references)

Pakistan

WAPDA's shareholding is to be transferred to the Government of Pakistan, who will offer all but the National Transmission and Dispatch Company for privatization. (references)

Trade

Dominican Rep

Shipments may be dispatched in four hours when using Express Dispatch. (references)

Switzerland

A surety or financial deposit is required for transit covered by a bond note or transit through the EU covered by a T1/T2 dispatch declaration. (references)

South Africa

Generally, the SARB's Exchange Control Department does not provide foreign exchange in payment of imports prior to the date of shipment or dispatch of goods to South Africa. (references)

Travel

Bulgaria

It is advisable to call ahead to a reputable taxi company for radio dispatch for personal security as well as to avoid overcharges. (references)

Lexicography

Devil's Dictionary

HURRY, n. The dispatch of bunglers.

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

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Speeches: Dispatch

SpeakerTermPhrase(s)

James Monroe

1817-1825The measures of defense authorized by existing laws have been pursued with the zeal and activity due to so important an object, and with all the dispatch practicable in so extensive and great an undertaking.

Andrew Jackson

1829-1837After a long passage the promised dispatch vessel arrived.

Harry S. Truman

1945-1953Our earnest wish is that the work of this commission go forward carefully and thoroughly, but with the greatest dispatch.

Lyndon B. Johnson

1963-1969Here in the Congress you can demonstrate effective legislative leadership by discharging the public business with clarity and dispatch, voting each important proposal up, or voting it down, but at least bringing it to a fair and a final vote.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Usage Frequency: Dispatch

"Dispatch" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 75.09% of the time. "Dispatch" is used about 281 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted)
Parts of SpeechPercentUsage per
100 Million Words
Rank in English
Noun (singular)75.09%21120,883
Lexical Verb (infinitive)15.3%4352,181
Noun (proper)4.98%1493,893
Lexical Verb (base form)4.63%1397,576
                    Total100.00%281N/A

Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.

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Usage in Company Names: Dispatch

CountryName
USA

Dispatch Management Services Corp.

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Source: compiled by the editor from Icon Group International, Inc.

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Expressions: Dispatch

Expressions using "dispatch": centralized dispatch Dispatch boat Dispatch box dispatch case dispatch clerk dispatch counter dispatch department dispatch form dispatch goods dispatch note dispatch office dispatch rider dispatch service happy dispatch incorrect dispatch pneumatic dispatch prepare for dispatch with all possible dispatch with dispatch. Additional references.

Hyphenated Usage

Beginning with "dispatch": dispatch-boat, dispatch-case, dispatch-riders, dispatch-station.

Containing "dispatch": Hammer-the-dispatch-box-major.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Frequency of Internet Keywords: Dispatch

The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com.
 
ExpressionFrequency
per Day
ExpressionFrequency
per Day

st louis post dispatch

4,015

daily dispatch henderson

97

richmond times dispatch

2,879

dispatch gilroy

95

columbus dispatch

2,838

casa dispatch grande

85

dispatch

1,044

dispatch music

85

post dispatch

571

desert dispatch

84

dispatch herald

566

dispatch software

84

brainerd daily dispatch

328

dispatch herald huntington

80

dispatch lyrics

321

st louis post dispatch newspaper

79

dispatch news valley

292

classifieds columbus dispatch

76

saint louis post dispatch

238

cordele dispatch

68

dispatch york

183

band dispatch

68

dispatch times

179

dispatch moline

65

st louis dispatch

171

dispatch post stl

64

dispatch observer

165

dispatch news

63

brainerd dispatch

159

columbus dispatch.com

62

city dispatch michigan news

157

dispatch hearld

58

utica observer dispatch

129

st louis post dispatch classifieds

54

dispatch lexington

128

dispatch guitar tab

53

daily dispatch

118

oneida daily dispatch

51

dispatch tab

114

dispatch lexington nc

49
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Modern Translation: Dispatch

Language Translations for "dispatch"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses.

Afrikaans

  

beklink (conclude, expedite, finish, settle), afwikkel (conclude, expedite, finish, liquidate, settle, unroll, unwind, wind off), afsend (dismiss, send off, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

Albanian

  

dërgim (consignment, despatch, expedition, remittance, sending, shipment), dërgoj (cable, consign, delegate, deliver, despatch, detach, direct, refer, relegate, send, send off, set forth, set off, transmit), largoj (avert, avoid, brush away, brush off, call off, cast out, despatch, dislodge, dismiss, dispel, divert, eliminate, estrange, freeze out, keep away, keep off, lead off, lift out, pack off, push aside, push away, push off, put off, relegate, remove, seclude, stave off, take away, turn, wean, whiffle), bëj shpejt (despatch, expedite, tear off), ha (chamfer, consume, demolish, despatch, eat, eat away, elide, erode, feed, ingest, shark), heq qafe (close out, despatch, disembarrass, dispense with, dispose of, ditch, doff, dump, make away with oneself, put off), i jap duart (despatch), i jap goditjen e fundit (despatch), agjenci transporti mallrash (despatch), kryej (accomplish, achieve, act, carry out, carry through, commit, despatch, discharge, do, effect, effectuate, execute, face it out, fill, fulfil, fulfill, perfect, perform, process, prosecute, put through, wage), vrasje (battue, despatch, homicide, kill, killing, murder, sleep), mbaroj (be over, call it a day, cease, close, decline, despatch, die, do, drink up, eat up, end, finish, get through, go out, lapse, perish, peter out, spend, surcease, terminate, wind up), mesazh (cable, despatch, message), nis (begin, break, bring, commence, despatch, enter, enter on, get, get round, initiate, lead off, open, originate, rise, send, send on, start, take up), nisje (blastoff, commencement, departure, despatch, farewell, initiation, lift off, offset, outset, parting, sailing, start), njoftim (advertisement, announcement, annunciation, banns, blurb, cry, data, despatch, information, knowledge, message, news, note, notice, notification, placard, proclamation, report, service, tidings, tip off), përzë (cut out, despatch, Hunt, oust), shpejtësi (career, celerity, despatch, flow, haste, legerity, lick, momentum, pace, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, rate, speed, swiftness, tearing hurry, velocity), vras (assassinate, bag, bruise, bump off, damage, despatch, do away with, drop, finish, finish off, get, hurt, injure, kill, Lynch, make away with oneself, murder, poniard, put the sword, puzzle, shoot, slay, stab, stone to death, waste, zap), informacion (data, despatch, dope, information, inquiry, light, material). (various references)

   

Arabic 

  

‏قتل (assassinate, assassination, bag, butcher, croak, death, despatch, do in, end, finish, fire, homicide, immolate, kill, killing, knock off, lay out, manslaughter, murder, poleaxe, procure, put down, put to death, shoot, slay, take for a ride), ‏وفد (delegation, deputation, despatch, legation, mission, send, send off), ‏سرعة (alacrity, blast, career, despatch, expedition, gait, haste, hastiness, hurry, lick, pace, pizzazz, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, smartness, speed, spurt, swiftness, tilt, velocity), ‏إيفاد (despatch, send off), ‏إنجاز (accomplishment, achievement, despatch, execution, fulfillment, fulfilment, implementation, implementing, performance, realization), ‏إرسال (despatch, expedition, posting, radio, send, send off, sending away, signalling, transmission), ‏أعدم (be executed, despatch, execute, guillotine, hang out, put to death, shoot, string up, swing), ‏أرسل قوات (despatch), ‏أرسل بسرعة (despatch, rush), ‏رسالة إخبراية (despatch), ‏رسالة (bill, brief, despatch, epistle, letter, message, mission, missive, tractate, treatise, writing), ‏بعث (bundle, cast, despatch, forward, hand, hand over, mission, reanimate, recall, regenerate, regeneration, renaissance, restoration, resurrect, resurrection, rise, risen, rising, send, send in, telegram), ‏برقية (cable, cablegram, despatch, telegram, telegraph, wire). (various references)

   

Bulgarian 

  

убиване (killing), телеграма (aerogram, telegram), комюнике (communique, press release, release), официално съобщение (communique), отпращане, отправям (channel, direct, extend, forward, put up, send, transmit, turn), ликвидиране (removal, wind up, winding up), бързина (agility, celerity, expedition, fastness, haste, hastiness, lick, precipitance, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, readiness, speed, swiftness), пращам на оня свят, пращам (relegate, send, ship off), изяждам бързо, извършвам бързо, изпращане (delegation, despatch, send off, shipment), изпращам (consign, delegate, deliver, dismiss, get off, pack off, relegate, see, see off, send, send off, send on, send out, ship, wing). (various references)

   

Chinese 

  

調度 (dispatcher), , 特派 , ' (document), (order), 急件, 派遣 (send), 派出 (send). (various references)

   

Czech

  

depeše (despatch), zpráva (account, advice, call, communication, despatch, intimation, item, message, news, notice, report, statement, tidings, word), vyslat (depute, deputize, despatch, send, send forth), vypravit (despatch, fit out, pack off), sprovodit ze svìta (despatch), rychlost (celerity, despatch, gear, pace, quickness, rapidity, speed, speediness, swiftness, tempo, velocity), rychle odbýt (despatch), pohotovost (alert, aptitude, despatch, readiness, trim), odpravit (despatch, destroy, put to death), odeslat (despatch, draw out, forward, remit, send, send off, transmit), odeslání (despatch, remittance), expedovat (consign, despatch), expedice (despatch, despatch department, dispatch department). (various references)

   

Danish

  

afsende (dismiss, send off, ship, turn away). (various references)

   

Dutch

  

verzenden (dismiss, send, send off, ship, transmit, turn away). (various references)

   

Esperanto

  

depeŝi, findecidi (compose, conclude, settle), finaranĝi (conclude, expedite, finnish, settle), ekspedi (send off, ship). (various references)

   

Faeroese

  

avgreiða (send off, ship). (various references)

   

Farsi 

  

فرستادن (Forward, Issue, Pack, Refer, Send, Ship), پیغام (Errand, Message, Word), مخابره کردن (Wire), کشتن (Administer, Amortize, Butcher, Doin, Extinguish, Mortify, Murder, Out, Rat, Smite), گسیل کردن , گسیل داشتن (Send), گسیل , انجام سریع , اعزام داشتن (Send), ارسال (Address, Consignment, Transmission, Transmittal), روانه کردن (Dismiss, Hale, Launch, Send), شتاب (Haste, Hurry, Hustle, Pelt, Speed, Tilt, Velocity). (various references)

   

Finnish

  

toimitus (ceremony, delivery, editorial office, editorial staff, execution, function, performing), laivata (ship), lähetys (consignment, mission, transmission), lähettää (consign, forward, pass on, remit, send, send off, send on, transmit), karttapäätös (mail). (various references)

   

French

  

expédier (to dispatch), dépêche. (various references)

   

Frisian

  

ôfstjoere (dismiss, send off, ship, turn away), ôfhannelje (conclude, expedite, finish, liquidate, settle). (various references)

   

German

  

versand (distribution, forwarding, shipment, shipping), expedieren (expedite, forward, send off, ship), abfertigen (attend to, check in, clear, deal with, prepare for dispatch, process, send off, service, ship, to dispatch). (various references)

   

Greek 

  

μήνυμα (communication, despatch, message, missive), φονεύω (despatch, destroy, kill, murder, slaughter, slay, slew), επισπεύδω (accelerate, despatch, expedite, hasten, hie, hurry, precipitate, railroad, speed), επιστολή (despatch, epistle, letter, missive), επίσπευση (acceleration), άγγελμα (announcement, annunciation, despatch, message), αποστέλλω (consign, depurate, despatch, send, send off for, ship), ταχυδρομική αποστολή (mail), διακανονισμός αβαρίας (adjustment of average, average adjustment, average statement). (various references)

   

Hebrew 

  

לשלח (deliver, dismiss, drive out, launch, release, send off), לש'ר (send, send off, ship), תש"ורת (broadcast, communication, despatch, message), שליח" (sending), ש'ור (consignment, current, dispatching, fluent, launching, send off, sending), א'רת (deed, despatch, document, edict, epistle, letter, lettercard, missive, note, writ). (various references)

   

Hungarian

  

jelentés (application, application report, connotation, denotation, despatch, import, meaning, memorandum, purport, report, sense, significance), intézkedés (action, arrangements, despatch, dispose, disposition, measure, ordination, provision, purview), eligazítás (brief, briefing, despatch, detail, orientation). (various references)

   

Indonesian

  

pengiriman (emission, transit, transmission), pemberangkatan (departure, sendding off, sendoff), memberangkatkan (send), kabar (message, news, report, tidings). (various references)

   

Italian

  

dispaccio (despatch). (various references)

   

Japanese Kanji 

  

送" (conveyance, delivery, serving), 発信 (transmission), ディーゼル電気車 (daemon, daily news, day, day and date, day bed, day pack, day'n'date, dealer, debate, debug, debugger, decay, decentralization, deduction, deep, deep kiss, default, defender, Defender Plan, defense, definition, delay, delayed steal, delay-line, demand-pull inflation, deoxyribo, depletion, deregulation, deschooling, describe, descriptor, destination, destructor, detail, detector, Deus, developer, device, dictionary, dieldrin, diesel electric car, differential gear, differentiation, diffusion index, digital, digital camera, digital voltmeter, dilettante, dilettantism, dimension, diminuendo, dimple, dinghy, dinner, dinner dress, dinner jacket, dinner party, dinner set, dinner suit, dip, diploma, director, directory, disc jockey, disclosure, Discman, disco, disco sound, discography, disconnect, discontinue, discotheque, discount, discount sale, discount store, discover, discoverer, discrete, discussion, disinflation, disk, disk brake, disk jockey, diskette, diskless, diskman, Disney, Disneyland, dispatcher, dispel, dispenser, displacement, display, disposer, disrupt, dissolve, distance, distortion, distribution, distributor, disturb, divertimento, divided skirt, divider, divot, French kiss), 急送 , 急派 , 派遣  (send), 派遣 (send), 依   (commission, request), (commission, dependence, request, trust), 差遣 (sending). (various references)

   

Japanese Katakana 

  

ディスパッチ , そうたつ (conveyance, delivery, serving), きゅうそう, きゅうは (conservative people, old school, old style, the old school), さけ" (sending), いらい (commission, dependence, henceforth, request, since, trust), はっし" (departure, eruption, oscillation, rash, takeoff, transmission), はけ" (hegemony, send). (various references)

   

Korean 

  

파견 (Delegating, Despatch, Detaching, Dispatching). (various references)

   

Manx

  

marroo (aground; deceased estate, assassinate, bag game; dead, bag; dead, butcher, deceased, defunct, departed, dud, dull, dull of pain, exterminate, extinct; extermination, flat, flat mood, flat spot, glassy, glassy as look, inanimate, kill, kill off, killed, killing, lifeless, liquidate, liquidation, mortified, muggy, murder, slaughter, slaughtered, slaughtering, slay, slaying, sleeping, stagnant), cur magh (board out, deal, delegate, delegation, dispensation, dispense, displace, edition, eject, ejection, emission, emit, evacuate, evacuation, excretion, expulsion, exude, issue, lay out, publication, publish, push out, put out, run out, turn out), cooilleeney dy tappee, chaghteraght (commission, commission message, communications, deputation, embassy). (various references)

   

Norwegian

  

rapport, ekspedere, avsendelse. (various references)

   

Pig Latin

  

ispatchday.(various references)

   

Portuguese

  

expedição (delivery, despatch, expedition, ploy, sending, shipment, shipping, transport), expedir (despatch, emit, expedite, forward, issue, send, ship), despachar (bill, book, cashier, despatch, expedite, forward, freight, send, send off, ship, speed). (various references)

   

Romanian

  

depeşã (telegram, wire), omorâre, activa (accelerate, act, activate, actuate, expedite, facilitate, hasten, stimulate, work), concluziona (compose, conclude, settle), executare (carriage, death, enforcement, execution, performance, printing out, scratch, workmanship), expedia (bundle, consign to, expedite, forward, post, remit, send, ship, transmit, turn away), expediere (shipment, shipping), grabã (cursoriness, expedition, forwardness, haste, hastiness, hurry, pelt, press, quickness, rapture, readiness, rush, scamper, speed), accelera (accelerate, expedite, force, forward, hasten, hurry, mend, precipitate, push, push on, quicken, smarten up, speed up, wing), mânca pe nerãsuflate, trimitere (delivery, reference, remittance, sending), omorî (annihilate, assassinate, bring down, bump, butcher, croak, destroy, do for, do in, execute, exhaust, finish, kill, knock off, make an end of, make away with, murder, put smb. on the spot, put to death, send to glory, shift, slaughter, slay, spoil, torment, torture), promptitudine (enterprise, expedience, expediency, expedition, forwardness, promptitude, readiness), rapiditate (fastness, rapidity, speed, swiftness), rezolva (clinch, compound, do, expedite, piece up, resolve, settle, solve), rezolvare promptã, telegramã (cable, telegram, wire), trimite (direct, expedite, forward, march away, march out, refer, remit, send, ship, transmit), lichida repede. (various references)

   

Russian 

  

официальное донесение (despatch), отправка (despatch, shipment), быстрота (agileness, agility, celerity, despatch, expedition, legerity, promptitude, promptness, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, rate, speed, swiftness, velocity), посылать отправка, посылать (bunt, delegate, despatch, refer, send, sends, sent, tender, transmit), депеша (despatch, message). (various references)

   

Serbo-Croatian

  

depeša (despatch, telegram), poslati (consign, consign to, forward, get off, relay, remit, send, set forth, ship), pogubljenje (despatch, execution), pogubiti (despatch, execute, put to death), otpremiti (despatch, relegate, ship), otpremanje (despatch, relegation, shipping), obaveštenje (information, message, notification, tip). (various references)

   

Spanish

  

despachar (attend to, conclude, despatch, dismiss, dispose of, expedite, finish, sack, see to, send, send off, serve, settle, ship, toss off, transmit, turn away), expedir (abandon, abdicate, deal with, dismiss, draw up, expedite, give up, issue, leave, make out, register, send, send away, send off, ship, ship off, turn away), enviar (consign, despatch, dismiss, envoy, extend, forward, remit, send, send away, send off, ship, tap out, transmit, turn away), despacho (chamber, clearance, demand, den, despatch, office, place of business, sale, shop, study). (various references)

   

Swedish

  

expediera (attend to, execute, expedite, forward, mail, post, send off, serve, settle), depesch, avsända (despatch, post, posting, send off), avfärda (discharge, dismiss, send off, waive). (various references)

   

Turkish

  

sevk (Conn, consignment, driving, expedition, forwarding, sending), öldürmek (assassinate, bump off, carry off, croak, cut down, destroy, do away with, do in, do one's job for one, drop, erase, exterminate, get, get rid of, give smb. his quietus, ice, kill, kill off, knock off, knock out, liquidate, make away with, murder, off, put away, put down, put to death, rub out, send to glory, shoot, shoot dead, slay, take off, take smb.'s life, waste, wipe out, zap), acele (bustle, discomposedly, early, expedition, fast, flying, haste, hastily, hasty, hotfoot, hurried, hurriedly, hurry, hurry up, in a hurry, in haste, precipitance, precipitancy, precipitate, press, pressing, quick, rapid, rush, speedy, swift, too previous, urgency, urgent, whirl), göndermek (address, bundle off, conjure away, consign, expedite, forward, freight, order away, refer, relegate, remit, route, send, send away, send forth, send off, send out, ship, ship off, transmit), hız (bat, career, celerity, expedition, haste, impetus, lick, pace, pelt, quickness, raciness, rapidity, rapidness, speed, swiftness, tilt, velocity), halletmek (adjust, arrange, clear up, compound, dispose of, dissolve, figure out, get things done, hurdle, lay on, lick, manage, overcome, polish off, resolve, solve, sort, sort out, Square, surmount, unriddle, untangle, untie, untwine, untwist, unzip, work out), harekât raporu (dispatches), idam (execution, hatchet job), öldürme (destruction, kill, killing, manslaughter, murder, putting to death), mesaj (communication, message, purpose), yollamak (convey, expedite, forward, order away, send, send forth, send off, send out, ship off, transmit), sevk etmek (consign, forward, route, send, urge), sevketmek (carry, consign, forward, guide, propel, quarterback, refer, route, send, urge), silip süpürmek (clean out, gobble, gobble up, mop up, polish off, punish, put away, sweep), telgraf çekme, telgraf çekmek (cable, wire), yalayıp yutmak (devour, gobble, gobble up, lap, punish, wolf, wolf down), yollama, idam etmek (execute, gibbet, put to death). (various references)

   

Turkmen 

  

ekspedisiяa (r) (dispatch office, expedition). (various references)

   

Ukrainian

  

справитися (cope, cope with, manage), розрахуватися, швидкість (agility, celerity, fastness, gait, legerity, lightness, promptitude, quickness, rapidity, speed, swiftness, tempo, velocity), відправлення, врегулювання, посилати (address, delegate, forward, order, refer, send, send for), депеша. (various references)

   

Vietnamese 

  

sự sai phái đi sự đánh chết tươi (despatch), sự khẩn trương (despatch), sự khử (despatch), sự kết liễu cuộc đời sự giải quyết nhanh gọn (despatch), sự giết đi (despatch), bản thông báo hãng vận tải h ng hoá (despatch). (various references)

   

Welsh

  

bryslythyr, anfon (send, transmit). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references.

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Ancestral Language Translations: Dispatch

LanguagePeriodTranslations
Sumerian3100 BCE-2500 BCE

u . . . us. (various references)

Latin500 BCE-Modern

celeritate, celeritatem, confecta, confectaeque, confectum, confectus, confici, conficiat, conficiente, conficiet, epistula, epistulae, epistulam, epistularum, epistulas, epistulis, misi, mitto, mitto, misi, missum, pedica, praemitto. (various references)

Spanish900-Modern

despacher. (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

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Bible Trace: Dispatch

LanguageDateSourceEzekiel Chapter 23, Verse 47
Greek (transliterated)250 BCSeptuagintKai liqobolhson ep' autaV liqoiV oclwn kai katakentei autaV en toiV xifesin autwn uiouV autwn kai qugateraV autwn apoktenousi kai touV oikouV autwn emprhsousin
Latin405VulgateEt lapidentur lapidibus populorum et confodiantur gladiis eorum filios et filias earum interficient et domos earum igne succendent
Middle English1395WyclifAnd be thei stonyd with stoonys of puplis, and be thei doluen with swerdis of hem. Thei shulen sle the sones and douytris of hem, and thei shulen brenne with fier the housis of hem.
Jacobean English1611King JamesAnd the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn up their houses with fire.
Victorian English1833WebsterAnd the company shall stone them with stones, and dispatch them with their swords; they shall slay their sons and their daughters, and burn their houses with fire.
Basic English1964OgdenAnd the meeting, after stoning her with stones, will put an end to her with their swords; they will put her sons and daughters to death and have her house burned up with fire.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Matched Bible Translations: Dispatch

LanguageEzekiel Chapter 23, Verse 47
CebuanoUg sila pagabatoon sa katilingban, ug pamatyon sila sa ilang mga espada; pamatyon nila ang ilang mga anak ng alalake ug mga anak nga babaye, ug pagasunogon ang ilang mga balay sa kalayo.
CroatianZbor neka ih kamenuje i maèevima raskomada; sinove i kæeri neka im pokolje, a domove ognjem spali.
DanishForsamlingen skal stene dem og hugge dem sønder og sammen med Sværd; deres Sønner og Døtre skal man dræbe, og deres Huse skal man brænde.
DutchEn de vergadering zal ze met stenen stenigen, en dezelve met hun zwaarden nederhouwen; haar zonen en haar dochteren zullen zij doden, en haar huizen met vuur verbranden.
FinnishJa kansanjoukko kivittäköön heidät ja hakatkoon kappaleiksi miekoillansa; tappakoot ne heidän poikansa ja tyttärensä ja polttakoot heidän talonsa tulella.
FrenchCette multitude les lapidera, Et les abattra coups d`épée; On tuera leurs fils et leurs filles, On brûlera leurs maisons par le feu.
Germandaß die Leute sie steinigen und mit ihren Schwertern erstechen und ihre Söhne und Töchter erwürgen und ihre Häuser mit Feuer verbrennen.
HungarianÉs kövezze meg õket a gyülekezet, és vagdalják össze õket fegyvereikkel; fiaikat és leányaikat öljék meg, és házaikat tûzzel égessék meg.
Indonesian-Bahasa Sehari-hariBiarlah mereka dilempari dengan batu dan diserang dengan pedang. Biarlah anak-anak mereka dibantai dan rumah-rumah mereka dibakar.
Indonesian-Terjemahan LamaMaka perhimpunan itu akan merajamkan dia dengan batu, dan memarangkan dia dengan pedang, dan dibunuhnya akan segala anak-anaknya laki-laki dan perempuan dan dibakarnya habis akan segala rumahnya dengan api.
ItalianLa folla le lapider e le far a pezzi con le spade; ne uccider i figli e le figlie e dar alle fiamme le case.
MaoriA ka akina raua e te hui ki te kohatu, ka tapahia ki a ratou hoari; ka whakamatea a raua tama, a raua tamahine, ka tahuna ano o raua whare ki te ahi.
NorwegianOg folkeskaren skal stene dem og hugge dem sønder med sine sverd; deres sønner og døtre skal de slå ihjel, og deres hus skal de brenne op med ild.
PortugueseE a hoste apedrejá-las-á, e as matará espada; trucidará a seus filhos e suas filhas, e queimará as suas casas a fogo.   
RumanianAdunarea le va ucide cu pietre, wi le va dobork cu lovituri de sabie; le vor ucide fiii wi fiicele lor, wi le vor arde casele cu foc.
SpanishLa asamblea las apedreará y con sus espadas las eliminará. Matarán a sus hijos y a sus hijas, e incendiarán sus casas con fuego.'
SwedishOch församlingen skall stena dem och hugga dem i stycken med svärd, och dräpa deras söner och döttrar, och bränna upp deras hus i eld.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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Derivations & Misspellings: Dispatch

Derivations

Words beginning with "dispatch": dispatched, dispatcher, dispatchers, dispatches, dispatching. (additional references)


Misspellings

"Dispatch" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adrspatch, Diesbach, Diparch, dispatche, dispatcxh, dispect, disptch, Dizapac. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references).

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Rhyming with "Dispatch"

# of Phoneme MatchesPronunciationWord(s) rhyming with "dispatch" (pronounced di'spa"kh)
3-p a" khpatch.

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

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Anagrams: Dispatch

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Words within the letters "a-c-d-h-i-p-s-t"

-1 letter: spathic.

-2 letters: aphids, capsid, dicast, haptic, phasic, phatic.

-3 letters: acids, adits, aitch, aphid, aphis, apish, asdic, aspic, cadis, caids, caphs, chads, chaps, chapt, chats, chias, chips, chits, dashi, dicta, ditas, ditch, hadst, pacts, padis, patch, paths, picas, pitas, pitch, piths, saith, sapid, spahi, spait, spica, staid, staph, stich, tachs, tapis, tsadi.

-4 letters: acid, acts.

 Words containing the letters "a-c-d-h-i-p-s-t"
 

+1 letter: cadetship.

 

+2 letters: cadetships, dispatched, dispatcher, dispatches, mispatched.

 

+3 letters: despatching, diastrophic, dispatchers, dispatching, feldspathic.

 

+4 letters: diaphoretics, dictatorship, orthopaedics, phosphatidic.

 

+5 letters: cardiopathies, custodianship, dictatorships, dodecaphonist, sophisticated.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

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INDEX

1. Definition
2. Synonyms
3. Crosswords
4. Usage: Modern
5. Usage: Commercial
6. Images: Slideshow
7. Images: Photo Album
8. Sounds
9. Quotations: Familiar
10. Quotations: Historic
11. Quotations: Fiction
12. Quotations: Non-fiction
13. Quotations: Speeches
14. Usage Frequency
15. Names: Company Usage
16. Expressions
17. Expressions: Internet
18. Translations: Modern
19. Translations: Ancient
20. Bible Trace
21. Derivations
22. Rhymes
23. Anagrams
24. Bibliography


  

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