dispatch (redirected from despatchers)

dis·patch also des·patch  (d-spch)

tr.v. dis·patched also des·patched, dis·patch·ing also des·patch·ing, dis·patch·es also des·patch·es

1. To relegate to a specific destination or send on specific business. See Synonyms at send¹.

2.

a. To complete, transact, or dispose of promptly.

b. To eat up (food); finish off (a dish or meal).

3. To put to death summarily.

n.

1. The act of sending off, as to a specific destination.

2. Dismissal or rejection of something regarded as unimportant or unworthy of consideration: "[his] breezy dispatch of another Establishment fiction writer" (Christopher Hitchens).

3. The act of putting to death.

4. Speed in performance or movement. See Synonyms at haste.

5. also (dspch)

a. A written message, particularly an official communication, sent with speed.

b. An important message sent by a diplomat or an officer in the armed forces.

6. also (dspch) A news item sent to a news organization, as by a correspondent.

7. An organization or conveyance for delivering goods.

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[Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, both probably ultimately from Old Provençal empachar, to impede, from Vulgar Latin *impctre, frequentative of Latin impingere, to dash against; see impinge.]

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dispatch, despatch [dɪˈspætʃ]

vb (tr)

1. to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task

2. to discharge or complete (a task, duty, etc.) promptly

3. Informal to eat up quickly

4. to murder or execute

n

1. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) the act of sending off a letter, messenger, etc.

2. prompt action or speed (often in the phrase with dispatch)

3. (Electronics & Computer Science / Communications & Information) an official communication or report, sent in haste

4. (Communication Arts / Journalism & Publishing) Journalism a report sent to a newspaper, etc., by a correspondent

5. murder or execution

[from Italian dispacciare, from Provençal despachar, from Old French despeechier to set free, from des- dis-¹ + -peechier, ultimately from Latin pedica a fetter]

dispatcher  n

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	dispatch - an official report (usually sent in haste) communique, despatch dateline - a line at the beginning of a news article giving the date and place of origin of the news dispatch news report, write up, account, report, story - a short account of the news; "the report of his speech"; "the story was on the 11 o'clock news"; "the account of his speech that was given on the evening news made the governor furious"
	2.	dispatch - the act of sending off something shipment, despatch departure, going, going away, leaving - the act of departing reshipment - the act of shipping again (especially by transferring to another ship)
	3.	dispatch - the property of being prompt and efficient; "it was done with dispatch" expeditiousness, despatch, expedition celerity, rapidity, rapidness, speediness, quickness - a rate that is rapid
	4.	dispatch - killing a person or animal despatch kill, putting to death, killing - the act of terminating a life
Verb	1.	dispatch - send away towards a designated goal despatch, send off ship, transport, send - transport commercially bundle off - send off unceremoniously route - send documents or materials to appropriate destinations
	2.	dispatch - complete or carry out; "discharge one's duties" discharge, complete accomplish, carry out, carry through, fulfil, fulfill, action, execute - put in effect; "carry out a task"; "execute the decision of the people"; "He actioned the operation"
	3.	dispatch - kill intentionally and with premeditation; "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered" murder, off, bump off, slay, polish off, remove, hit kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays" burke - murder without leaving a trace on the body execute - murder in a planned fashion; "The Mafioso who collaborated with the police was executed"
	4.	dispatch - dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently; "He dispatched the task he was assigned" act, move - perform an action, or work out or perform (an action); "think before you act"; "We must move quickly"; "The governor should act on the new energy bill"; "The nanny acted quickly by grabbing the toddler and covering him with a wet towel"
	5.	dispatch - kill without delay; "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators" kill - cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly; "This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank"; "The farmer killed a pig for the holidays"

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dispatch despatch

verb

1. send, transmit, forward, express, communicate, consign, remit He dispatched a telegram.

2. kill, murder, destroy, do in (slang), eliminate (slang), take out (slang), execute, butcher, slaughter, assassinate, slay, finish off, put an end to, do away with, blow away (slang, chiefly U.S.), liquidate, annihilate, exterminate, take (someone's) life, bump off (slang) They may catch him and dispatch him immediately.

3. carry out, perform, fulfil, effect, finish, achieve, settle, dismiss, conclude, accomplish, execute, discharge, dispose of, expedite, make short work of (informal) He dispatched his business.

noun

1. sending, transmission, forwarding, communication, consignment, remittance The parcel is ready for dispatch.

2. message, news, report, story, letter, account, piece, item, document, communication, instruction, bulletin, communiqué, missive This dispatch from our West Africa correspondent.

3. speed, haste, promptness, alacrity, rapidity, quickness, swiftness, briskness, expedition, celerity, promptitude, precipitateness He feels we should act with despatch.

Translations

dispatch [dɪsˈpætʃ]

A. N

1. (= sending) [of person] → envío m; [of goods] → envío m, expedición f

2. (= report) (in press) → reportaje m, informe m; (= message) → despacho m (Mil) → parte m, comunicado m
to be mentioned in dispatches (Mil) → recibir menciones de elogio(por su valor en combate)

3. (= promptness) (frm) → celeridad f, prontitud f

B. VT

1. (= send) [+ letter, goods] → enviar, expedir; [+ messenger, troops] → enviar

2. (= deal with) [+ business] → despachar

3. (= carry out) [+ duty] → ejercer, realizar

4. (hum) (= eat) [+ food] → despachar

5. (= kill) → despachar

C. CPD dispatch box N (Brit) → cartera f
dispatch case N → portafolios m inv
dispatch department N → departamento m de envíos
dispatch documents NPL → documentos mpl de envío
dispatch note N → nota f de envío, nota f de expedición
dispatch rider N (= motorcyclist) → mensajero/a m/f (con moto); (= horseman) → correo m (Mil) → correo m

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dispatch [dɪˈspætʃ]

vt

(= send) [+ parcel, order] → expédier, envoyer; [+ troops] → envoyer; [+ messenger] → dépêcher
to dispatch sb/sth to [+ country] → envoyer qn/qch en; [+ town] → envoyer qn/qch à

(= deal with) [+ business] → régler

(= kill) [person] [+ animal] → abattre; [animal] [+ animal] → tuer; [animal] [+ person] → tuer

n

(= sending) [parcel, order] → envoi m, expédition f; [troops, messenger] → envoi m

(= report) → dépêche f
dispatch box n

(British) → tribune d'où parlent les membres du gouvernement)f >

(= case) → valise f officielle
dispatch department n → service m des expéditions
dispatch rider n

(= courier) (for deliveries) → coursier m

(military) → estafette f

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dispatch

vt

(= send) letter, goods etc → senden, schicken; person, troops etc → (ent)senden, schicken

(= deal with) job etc → (prompt) erledigen

(= kill) → töten

(inf) food → fertig werden mit (inf)

n

(of letter, goods etc) → Senden nt, → Schicken nt; (of person, troops etc) → Entsendung f; date of dispatch → Absendedatum nt

(= message, report) → Depesche f; (Press) → Bericht m; to be mentioned in dispatches (Mil) → in den Kriegsberichten erwähnt werden

(= dealing with: of job etc) → prompte Erledigung

(= promptness) → Promptheit f; with dispatch → prompt

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dispatch:

dispatch box

n (Brit Parl) → Depeschenkassette f

dispatch documents

pl (Comm) → Versandpapiere pl

dispatch goods

pl → Eilgut nt

dispatch note

n (in advance) → Versandanzeige f; (with goods) → Begleitschein m

dispatch rider

n (= motorcyclist) → Melder(in) m(f), → Meldefahrer(in) m(f)

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dispatch despatch [dɪsˈpætʃ]

1. n

a. (sending, of goods) → spedizione f, invio; (of person) → invio
dispatch department → reparto spedizioni

b. (Mil, Press) (report) → dispaccio
mentioned in dispatches (Mil) → citato/a all'ordine del giorno

c. (promptness) → prontezza, rapidità

2. vt

a. (send, letter, goods) → spedire, inviare; (messenger, troops) → inviare

b. (deal with, business) → sbrigare

c. (old) (kill) → uccidere, ammazzare (hum) → mandare all'altro mondo

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dispatch despatch [dɪsˈpætʃ]

1. n

a. (sending, of goods) → spedizione f, invio; (of person) → invio
dispatch department → reparto spedizioni

b. (Mil, Press) (report) → dispaccio
mentioned in dispatches (Mil) → citato/a all'ordine del giorno

c. (promptness) → prontezza, rapidità

2. vt

a. (send, letter, goods) → spedire, inviare; (messenger, troops) → inviare

b. (deal with, business) → sbrigare

c. (old) (kill) → uccidere, ammazzare (hum) → mandare all'altro mondo

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dispatch

v dispatch [diˈspӕtʃ]

1 to send off He dispatched several letters asking for financial help. versend, afsend يُرْسِل رِسالَه пращам odeslat afsende; udsende absenden στέλνω enviar, remitir lähetama ارسال کردن؛ فرستادن lähettää expédier לִשלוֹח किसी विशेष काम से कुछ भेजना otpraviti, odaslati elküld mengirim senda út spedire 急送する 급파하다 išsiųsti nosūtīt hantar verzenden (av)sende, sende ut wysyłać enviar a trimite отправлять odoslať (raz)poslati poslati []sända, skicka [] ส่ง göndermek 派遣，送出(公文) надсилати, відправляти روانہ کرنا gửi đi 派遣，送出（公文）

2 to finish off or deal with quickly She dispatched several pieces of business within the hour. afhandel, verrig يُنْجِزُ بِسُرْعَه изпълнявам бързо odbavit udføre; få fra hånden erledigen διεκπεραιώνω despachar ruttu korda ajama به انجام رساندن؛ تمام کردن suorittaa nopeasti expédier לְסָיֵים तेजी से काम या कारोबार निबटाना svršiti. izvršiti (gyorsan) elintéz menyelesaikan afgreiða inviare 片付ける 신속히 해치우다 greitai sutvarkyti ātri paveikt bereskan segera snel afhandelen gjøre det av med, ekspedere załatwić (szybko) despachar a termina repede (cu) быстро справляться vybaviť hitro opraviti obaviti expediera, göra undan จัดการอย่างรวดเร็ว bitirivermek 迅速辦理 впоратися کام پھرتی سے نمٹانا giải quyết nhanh gọn 迅速办理

n

1 a written official report a dispatch from the commanding officer. berig, rapport, amptelike verslag رِسالَه رسْمِيَّه مُسْتَعْجَلَه телеграма depeše rapport; melding der Bericht υπηρεσιακό ή επίσημο μήνυμα informe raport گزارش؛ خبر raportti dépêche אִיגֶרֶת प्रेषण, भेजना hitno izvješće jelentés laporan resmi tilkynning dispaccio 急送公文書 공문서 pranešimas ziņojums penghantaran bericht, rapport melding rozkaz, komunikat despacho raport oficial депеша depeša depeša dopis rapport, depesch รายงานอย่างเป็นทางการ haber, mesaj 公文急報, 急件 офіційне донесення, депеша سرکاری مراسلہ báo cáo nhanh 公文急报, 急件

2 an act of sending away. versending, afsending إرْسال изпращане odeslání afsendelse; udsendelse die Absendung αποστολή envío ärasaatmine ارسال؛ اعزام lähettäminen expédition שִׁיגוּר प्रेषण करना, भेजना आदि odaslanje, elküldés pengiriman sending spedizione, invio 急送 급파 išsiuntimas nosūtīšana pengiriman het wegsturen ut-/avsending ekspediowanie envio expediere отправка odoslanie (od)pošiljanje otpremanje avsändning, avsändande การส่งออกไป gönderme, yollama 派遣 відправляння, надсилання ارسال sự gửi đi 派遣

3 haste. onverwyld, so vinnig moontlik, sonder uitstel سُرْعَه експедитивност urychlení, rychlost, spěch hast die Eile βιασύνη rapidez rutt شتاب kiire rapidité מְהִירוּת जल्दबाजी žuriti sietség cepat flÿtir rapidità 手早さ 신속 skuba (darba veikšanas) ātrums kesegeraan spoed hast pośpiech pressa grabă быстрота rýchlosť naglica žurba skyndsamhet, hast ความรวดเร็ว sürat, ivedilik 迅速辦理 квапливість تعجیل sự nhanh chóng 迅速办理

dispatch rider

a carrier of military dispatches by motor-cycle. rapportryer ساعٍ يَنقُلُ الرَّسائِل العَسْكَرِيَّه على الدَّرّاجَه الناريَّه куриер kurýr motorordonans der Meldefahrer στρατιωτικός αγγελιοφόρος mensajero sidemootorrattur پیام رسان lähetti estafette שָׁלִיח मोटरसाइकल से सैनिक चीजें पहुंचाने वाला glasnik, kurir futár kurir sendiboði, hraðboði staffetta, (motociclista portaordini) 緊急伝令 전령, 급사(急使) kurjeris kurjers pengirim koerier motorordinans kurier correio motorizado curier мотоциклист связи kuriér kurir vojni pismonoša motorcykelordonnans ผู้ส่งสาร motorsikletli askerî haberci (騎摩托車的)通訊員 зв'язковий موٹر سائکل سے فوج کا مراسلہ پہنچانے والا người liên lạc （骑摩托车的）通讯员