dispatch
part of speech
verb (dispatch, dispatches, dispatched, dispatching); noun (a dispatch, dispatches)
meaning for a pupil
1) (verb) To dispatch something is to send it somewhere, such as a parcel or a letter. tree →
2) (verb) To dispatch someone is to send them to a place for a job, such as an ambulance or police officer. tree →
3) (noun) Dispatch is the act of sending things off. tree →
4) (noun) A dispatch is an official message or a news report sent from far away. tree →
5) (formal or old-fashioned) To dispatch an animal or enemy can mean to kill it quickly. tree →
6) (formal) To dispatch a job is to do it quickly. tree →
sense in the lessons
In everyday life online shops dispatch orders; in safety, an emergency call centre dispatches ambulances, fire engines and police. In maths problems dispatched items leave a warehouse, so stock goes down. Phrases: dispatch an order, dispatch a team, emergency dispatch, with dispatch (quickly).
examples
- Your order will be dispatched within two days. tree →
- The call centre dispatched an ambulance at once. tree →
- The warehouse dispatched 240 boxes on Monday. tree →
- The general sent a dispatch to the king. tree →
- Firefighters were dispatched to the burning barn. tree →
- She dispatched her homework in ten minutes. tree →
- The parcel was dispatched from Sydney. tree →
- He waited in patience for another opportunity to dispatch the ogre. tree →
note
Also spelled «despatch» in some British writing. Plural noun: dispatches. In maths: «had 500 boxes, dispatched 240» leaves 500 − 240 = 260. A «dispatcher» is a person who sends out emergency vehicles.
In the corpora
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «dispatch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.