dispatch

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dis|patch /dɪsp'ætʃ/ (dispatches dispatching dispatched)
in BRIT, also use despatch
1 [VERB] V n adv/prep, V n to-inf
If you dispatch someone to a place, you send them there for a particular reason. (FORMAL)
He dispatched scouts ahead...
The Italian government was preparing to dispatch 4,000 soldiers to search the island.
= send
[N-UNCOUNT] usu N of n
Dispatch is also a noun.
The despatch of the task force is purely a contingency measure.
2 [VERB] V n prep/adv, be V-ed, also V n
If you dispatch a message, letter, or parcel, you send it to a particular person or destination. (FORMAL)
The victory inspired him to dispatch a gleeful telegram to Roosevelt...
Free gifts are dispatched separately so please allow 28 days for delivery.
= send
[N-UNCOUNT]
Dispatch is also a noun.
We have 125 cases ready for dispatch.
3 [N-COUNT]
A dispatch is a special report that is sent to a newspaper or broadcasting organization by a journalist who is in a different town or country.
...this despatch from our West Africa correspondent.
= bulletin
4 [N-COUNT]
A dispatch is a message or report that is sent, for example, by army officers or government officials to their headquarters.
I was carrying dispatches from the ambassador.
5 [VERB] V n
To dispatch a person or an animal means to kill them. (OLD-FASHIONED)
The fox takes his chance with a pack of hounds which may catch him and despatch him immediately.

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