DISPATCH
/dəˈspætʃ/
16
Scrabble
17
WWF
D(2) I(1) S(1) P(3) A(1) T(1) C(3) H(4)
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Definition
/dəˈspætʃ/
noun
- A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
- The act of doing something quickly.“We must act with dispatch in this matter.”
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
- The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
- A dismissal.
verb
- To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- To send (a person) away hastily.
- To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
Source: Wiktionary
