dispatched

«dispatched» in Mova's school dictionary: sent off (a parcel, a person, a message) — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (dispatch, dispatches, dispatched, dispatching; UK also despatch)

meaning for a pupil

1) sent off (a parcel, a person, a message). tree →

2) (euphemism) killed quickly, often an animal by a hunter or farmer, or a character in a story. tree →

3) dealt with quickly (dispatched the job). tree →

sense in the lessons

The «killed» sense is a cool, technical word used by hunters, farmers, crime stories and history books; the «sent» sense is everyday business. All regions.

examples

• Your order has been dispatched and will arrive tomorrow. tree →
• The farmer dispatched the injured sheep quickly. tree →
• Police were dispatched to the scene. tree →
• In the story, the knight dispatched the dragon with one blow. tree →
• The team dispatched their rivals five–nil. tree →
• The general dispatched a messenger to the king. tree →

note

Trap: «your parcel was dispatched» is just sent. Only with animals or enemies does it mean «killed».

In the corpora

• "Dispatched" means an animal was killed quickly by a hunter or farmer.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «dispatched» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.