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And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.
Owen Glendower

Meaning of "despatch" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF DESPATCH

despatch  [dɪˈspætʃ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DESPATCH

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Despatch is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb despatch in English.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DESPATCH

PRESENT

Present
I despatch
you despatch
he/she/it despatches
we despatch
you despatch
they despatch
Present continuous
I am despatching
you are despatching
he/she/it is despatching
we are despatching
you are despatching
they are despatching
Present perfect
I have despatched
you have despatched
he/she/it has despatched
we have despatched
you have despatched
they have despatched
Present perfect continuous
I have been despatching
you have been despatching
he/she/it has been despatching
we have been despatching
you have been despatching
they have been despatching
Present tense is used to refer to circumstances that exist at the present time or over a period that includes the present time. The present perfect refers to past events, although it can be considered to denote primarily the resulting present situation rather than the events themselves.

PAST

Past
I despatched
you despatched
he/she/it despatched
we despatched
you despatched
they despatched
Past continuous
I was despatching
you were despatching
he/she/it was despatching
we were despatching
you were despatching
they were despatching
Past perfect
I had despatched
you had despatched
he/she/it had despatched
we had despatched
you had despatched
they had despatched
Past perfect continuous
I had been despatching
you had been despatching
he/she/it had been despatching
we had been despatching
you had been despatching
they had been despatching
Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future
I will despatch
you will despatch
he/she/it will despatch
we will despatch
you will despatch
they will despatch
Future continuous
I will be despatching
you will be despatching
he/she/it will be despatching
we will be despatching
you will be despatching
they will be despatching
Future perfect
I will have despatched
you will have despatched
he/she/it will have despatched
we will have despatched
you will have despatched
they will have despatched
Future perfect continuous
I will have been despatching
you will have been despatching
he/she/it will have been despatching
we will have been despatching
you will have been despatching
they will have been despatching
The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional
I would despatch
you would despatch
he/she/it would despatch
we would despatch
you would despatch
they would despatch
Conditional continuous
I would be despatching
you would be despatching
he/she/it would be despatching
we would be despatching
you would be despatching
they would be despatching
Conditional perfect
I would have despatch
you would have despatch
he/she/it would have despatch
we would have despatch
you would have despatch
they would have despatch
Conditional perfect continuous
I would have been despatching
you would have been despatching
he/she/it would have been despatching
we would have been despatching
you would have been despatching
they would have been despatching
Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative
you despatch
we let´s despatch
you despatch
The imperative is used to form commands or requests.
NONFINITE VERB FORMS
Infinitive
to despatch
Past participle
despatched
Present Participle
despatching
Infinitive shows the action beyond temporal perspective. The present participle or gerund shows the action during the session. The past participle shows the action after completion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DESPATCH


attach
əˈtætʃ
batch
bætʃ
brach
brætʃ
catch
kætʃ
crosspatch
ˈkrɒsˌpætʃ
detach
dɪˈtætʃ
dispatch
dɪˈspætʃ
hatch
hætʃ
latch
lætʃ
match
mætʃ
mismatch
ˌmɪsˈmætʃ
mix-and-match
ˌmɪksəndˈmætʃ
patch
pætʃ
rach
rætʃ
rematch
ˈriːˌmætʃ
repatch
riːˈpætʃ
sasquatch
ˈsæsˌkwætʃ
scratch
skrætʃ
snatch
snætʃ
thatch
θætʃ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DESPATCH

despair
despairer
despairful
despairing
despairingly
despatcher
Despenser
desperado
desperate
desperately
desperateness
desperation
despicability
despicable
despicableness
despicably
despiritualise
despiritualize
despisable
despisal

WORDS THAT END LIKE DESPATCH

a bad patch
alcohol patch
eye patch
fob watch
football match
from scratch
home match
nicotine patch
officer of the watch
on the watch
purple patch
quartz watch
shoulder patch
skin patch
soul patch
stopwatch
swatch
vegetable patch
watch
wristwatch

Synonyms and antonyms of despatch in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «DESPATCH»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «despatch» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of despatch

Translation of «despatch» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DESPATCH

Find out the translation of despatch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of despatch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «despatch» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

发货
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

despacho
570 millions of speakers

English

despatch
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

प्रेषण
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

إيفاد
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отправка
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

expedição
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রাণবধ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

envoi
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Hantar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Versand
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

急送
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

급파
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Despatch
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

mau lẹ
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

அனுப்புகை
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रेषण
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

gönderi
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

spedizione
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

Depesza
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відправка
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

expediere
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

αποστολή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

Despatch
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

avsändning
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

forsendelse
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of despatch

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPATCH»

The term «despatch» is quite widely used and occupies the 32.101 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DESPATCH» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about despatch

EXAMPLES

QUOTES WITH «DESPATCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word despatch.
1
Owen Glendower
And in that I cannot send unto you all my businesses in writing, I despatch these present bearers fully informed in all things, to whom it may please you to give faith and credence in what they shall say unto you by word of mouth.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DESPATCH»

Discover the use of despatch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to despatch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Despatch: Webster's Quotations, Facts and Phrases
Proceeds from this book are used to expand the content and coverage of Websters Online Dictionary (www.websters-online-dictionary.org).
‎2008
2
Despatch on War Operations: 23rd February 1942 to 8th May 1945
This is the first time that Sir Arthur 'Bomber' Harris's own papers covering his three and a half years at Bomber Command have been published and made available to the general public.
Air Chief Marshal Sir Arthur Travers Harris,, 2012
3
The Lost Despatch
Natalie Sumner Lincoln. THE LOST DESPATCH nsp-r THE LOST DESPATCH BY NATALIE SUMNER LINCOLN AUTHOR OF.
Natalie Sumner Lincoln, 1913
4
History of Education in India
10 THE WOOD'S DESPATCH (1854) East India Company had to take orders from the British Parliament after every 20 years and in each order something was written about the education in India. In the order of 1763, Charles Grant wanted to  ...
Ram Nath Sharma, Rajendra Kumar Sharma, 1996
5
With All Despatch
Alexander Kent. beginning. The old man was more used to the local harbours and villages around Falmouth, and as he had followed the road to London, pausing at inn after inn to change horses and pick up fresh post-boys to ride them , ...
Alexander Kent, 1999
6
Commando Despatch Rider: From D-Day to Deutschland 1944-45
Chapter. 2. UK. TRIPS. AND. CONCENTRATION. CAMPS. That my transfer from ' P' Troop to HQ had appeared in Daily Orders made it a fait accompli. The only way to alter the situation would have been to put in a formal request to return to ...
Raymond Mitchell, 2009
7
Extract of a despatch from Her Majesty's minister at Washington
of their ports. But the law officers here told him that this could not be done as against foreign nations, excepting by the regular form of blockade. He did not know what we thought about it, but he had observed that some such plan was said to be ...
8
Official gazette of the United States Patent Office
other end with a terminal, of a plurality of relays communicating with said despatch-tube between said despatch-box and terminal, a valve in said despatch -box which is opened by the insertion of a cartridge into the tube, means for closing the ...
United States. Patent Office, 1905
9
The Official Railway Equipment Register
„Adler à Oberndorf Tank Line. (See Gamen-American Car Lines.) 101. . ...... „ Alabama Cotton Oil Co.-Oil Mill Despatch. Amco Express Tank Line. lOl-A. A. X . . . . . .American Agricultural Chemical Co. lOl-A. B. 8. X. . .American Beet Sugar Co.
10
Post Office Guide
8.30 a.m. day of despatch. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. p.m. ` p.m. ' p.m. 7.30 a.m. day of despatch. 8 0 8 О 8 0 8 40 8 0 в 0 10 0 0 0 8 0 11.30 a.m. day of despatch. prev. prev. prev. prev. prev. prev. prev. prev. prev. 0.0 a.m. day of despatch.
Great Britain. Post Office, 1906

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DESPATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term despatch is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Royal Enfield Announces Prices of Limited-Edition Despatch
Each Royal Enfield Despatch motorcycle has been handcrafted using a ... Inspired by the paint on the engines of the original Despatch Rider ... «NDTVAuto.com, Jul 15»
2
Budget 2015: How a new haircut made George Osborne aware of …
... 1980s, but also the matching dark-blue suits and French-navy ties sported by both the Chancellor and the Prime Minister at the despatch box. «The Independent, Jul 15»
3
Iain Duncan Smith is ecstatic as Osborne announces new living wage
“Britain deserves a pay rise,” said George Osborne, standing at the despatch box as he delivered the summer Budget speech. He went on to ... «BT.com, Jul 15»
4
The Spectator at war: A war within a war
THE despatch from Sir Ian Hamilton which was published in the papers of Wednesday leaves the reader in no doubt that the Dardanelles ... «Spectator.co.uk, Jul 15»
5
Jaeger-LeCoultre Gold Cup: terms and conditions
No responsibility can be accepted for lost entries and proof of despatch will not be accepted as proof of receipt. The winner will be drawn at ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
6
July Budget 2015: From Constantine to Margaret Thatcher - a brief …
It's what retailers have been fighting for for generations: when George Osborne takes to the despatch box today, he may finally do what his ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
7
Budget for a greater Britain: What the City needs from the chancellor
I expect this will arise at some point during the chancellor's time at the despatch box. Banks play an important role in financing the economy ... «City A.M., Jul 15»
8
India to export 500 Mw power to Bangladesh through SAARC Grid …
... National Load Despatch Centre (NLDC) at POSOCO. He was speaking at the National Conference on “Power Transmission and Distribution” ... «Business Standard, Jul 15»
9
As it happened: Twitter reacts to the 2015 Budget
Chancellor @George_Osborne at despatch box to deliver budget. Deputy speaker in the chair. Tory benches cheer #budget2015. «London Loves Business, Jul 15»
10
DoF- Abu Dhabi: “Al Maqta'a bidding hall”processes69 tenders …
... Abu Dhabi Transmission and Despatch Company, Abu Dhabi Urban planning Council, Abu Dhabi Technology Development Committee and ... «Al-Bawaba, Jul 15»

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