dispatch

IPA: dɪspˈætʃ

noun

  • A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, government official, military officer, etc.
  • The act of doing something quickly.
  • A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.
  • (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.
  • (obsolete) A dismissal.

verb

  • (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
  • (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
  • (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 rid; to free.
  • (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.
  • (transitive) To defeat
  • (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
  • (intransitive, obsolete) To hurry.
  • (transitive, obsolete) To deprive.
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