dispatch
To send with promptnessTo send (a shipment) with promptness.
» About thirty firefighters were dispatched.
Ungefähr dreißig Feuerwehrmänner wurden gesendet.
Meaning
12 senses(transitive)To send (a shipment) with promptness.
verschicken, versenden
отправля́тьotpravljátʹ, отпра́витьotprávitʹ, высыла́тьvysylátʹ
(transitive)To send (a person) away hastily.
send away towards a designated goal
(transitive)To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
(transitive)To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
(transitive)To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
(transitive)To eat, especially quickly.
(transitive)To rid; to free.
(transitive)To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
расправля́ться сraspravljátʹsja s
(transitive)To defeat
besiegen
(transitive)To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
(intransitive, obsolete)To hurry.
beeilen
спешитьspešitʹ
(obsolete, transitive)To deprive.
entziehen
лиша́тьlišátʹ
Examples
29 sentencesAbout thirty firefighters were dispatched.
deUngefähr dreißig Feuerwehrmänner wurden gesendet.
The government dispatched missions abroad.
Уряд вислав посланців за кордон.
The parcel is ready for dispatch.
ruПосылка готова к отправке.
The dispatch sent officers over immediately.
Did he dispatch them to you?
Translations
5 languagesBy meaning 4
By meaning 4
Origin
Borrowed from Spanish despachar and/or Italian dispacciare. Further etymology is uncertainBorrowed from Spanish despachar and/or Italian dispacciare. Further etymology is uncertain. For first element des-, see dis-. Second element probably from either Vulgar Latin *pactāre (“to fasten"”), *pactiare or Latin -pedicāre (“to entrap, shackle”), from pedica, from pēs. Ultimately related to impeach through shared Latin root. The first known use in writing (in the past tense, spelled as dispached) is by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall in 1517. This would be unusually early for a borrowing from a Romance language other than French, but Tunstall had studied in Italy and was Commissioner to Spain, so this word may have been borrowed through diplomatic circles. The alternative spelling despatch was introduced in Samuel Johnson's dictionary, probably by accident.
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Forms
dispatches, dispatching, dispatched, dispatched| Base form | dispatch · to dispatch |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | dispatches |
| Present participle | dispatching |
| Past simple | dispatched |
| Past participle | dispatched |
regular · Lesson
Synonyms
16 synonymsWord family
8 related wordsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, regular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle