Definition of "dispatch" in English

verb

1. (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.

2. (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.

3. (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.

4. (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.

5. (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.

6. (transitive) To rid; to free.

7. (transitive) To destroy (someone or something) quickly and efficiently.

8. (transitive) To defeat

9. (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).

10. (intransitive, obsolete) To hurry.

11. (transitive, obsolete) To deprive.

noun

1. 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.

2. The act of doing something quickly.

   • We must act with dispatch in this matter.

3. A mission by an emergency response service, typically involving attending to an emergency in the field.

4. (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially through a dispatch table.

5. (obsolete) A dismissal.