Meaning of "dispatch" in the English dictionary

ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DISPATCH

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

Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.

PRONUNCIATION OF DISPATCH

dispatch  [dɪˈspætʃ]

GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DISPATCH

Dispatch is a verb and can also act as a noun.

A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

See the conjugation of the verb dispatch in English.

WHAT DOES DISPATCH MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Dispatch

Dispatch or dispatches may refer to: In literature ▪ Daily Dispatch, a South African newspaper ▪ Dispatches, a 1977 book by Michael Herr about the Vietnam War ▪ dispatches, a magazine edited by Gary Knight and Mort Rosenblum In radio and television ▪ Dispatches, a Canadian radio program aired on CBC Radio One ▪ Dispatches , a British documentary show broadcast on Channel 4 In vehicles ▪ Citroën Dispatch, a small van ▪ Dispatcher Jeep, the iconic postal Jeep used by the U.S. Postal Service In other uses ▪ Dispatch, Kansas, an unincorporated community ▪ Dispatch, an American jam band ▪ Dispatch, a procedure in logistics ▪ Dynamic dispatch, a computer-programming technique ▪ Dispatch News Service, a news agency...

Definition of dispatch in the English dictionary

The first definition of dispatch in the dictionary is to send off promptly, as to a destination or to perform a task. Other definition of dispatch is to discharge or complete promptly. Dispatch is also to eat up quickly.

CONJUGATION OF THE VERB TO DISPATCH

PRESENT

Present

I dispatch

you dispatch

he/she/it dispatches

we dispatch

you dispatch

they dispatch

Present continuous

I am dispatching

you are dispatching

he/she/it is dispatching

we are dispatching

you are dispatching

they are dispatching

Present perfect

I have dispatched

you have dispatched

he/she/it has dispatched

we have dispatched

you have dispatched

they have dispatched

Present perfect continuous

I have been dispatching

you have been dispatching

he/she/it has been dispatching

we have been dispatching

you have been dispatching

they have been dispatching

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 dispatched

you dispatched

he/she/it dispatched

we dispatched

you dispatched

they dispatched

Past continuous

I was dispatching

you were dispatching

he/she/it was dispatching

we were dispatching

you were dispatching

they were dispatching

Past perfect

I had dispatched

you had dispatched

he/she/it had dispatched

we had dispatched

you had dispatched

they had dispatched

Past perfect continuous

I had been dispatching

you had been dispatching

he/she/it had been dispatching

we had been dispatching

you had been dispatching

they had been dispatching

Past tense forms express circumstances existing at some time in the past,

FUTURE

Future

I will dispatch

you will dispatch

he/she/it will dispatch

we will dispatch

you will dispatch

they will dispatch

Future continuous

I will be dispatching

you will be dispatching

he/she/it will be dispatching

we will be dispatching

you will be dispatching

they will be dispatching

Future perfect

I will have dispatched

you will have dispatched

he/she/it will have dispatched

we will have dispatched

you will have dispatched

they will have dispatched

Future perfect continuous

I will have been dispatching

you will have been dispatching

he/she/it will have been dispatching

we will have been dispatching

you will have been dispatching

they will have been dispatching

The future is used to express circumstances that will occur at a later time.

CONDITIONAL

Conditional

I would dispatch

you would dispatch

he/she/it would dispatch

we would dispatch

you would dispatch

they would dispatch

Conditional continuous

I would be dispatching

you would be dispatching

he/she/it would be dispatching

we would be dispatching

you would be dispatching

they would be dispatching

Conditional perfect

I would have dispatch

you would have dispatch

he/she/it would have dispatch

we would have dispatch

you would have dispatch

they would have dispatch

Conditional perfect continuous

I would have been dispatching

you would have been dispatching

he/she/it would have been dispatching

we would have been dispatching

you would have been dispatching

they would have been dispatching

Conditional or "future-in-the-past" tense refers to hypothetical or possible actions.

IMPERATIVE

Imperative

you dispatch
we let´s dispatch
you dispatch

The imperative is used to form commands or requests.

NONFINITE VERB FORMS

Infinitive

to dispatch

Past participle

dispatched

Present Participle

dispatching

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.

SYNONYMS OF «DISPATCH»

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

synonyms of dispatch

accomplish · account · achieve · alacrity · annihilate · assassinate · blow away · briskness · bulletin · bump off · butcher · carry out · celerity · communicate · communication · conclude · consign · consignment · destroy · discharge · dismiss · do away with · do in · document · effect · eliminate · execute · expedite · expedition · express · exterminate · finish · forward · forwarding · fulfil · haste · instruction · item · kill · letter · liquidate · make short work of · message · missive · murder · news · perform · piece · precipitateness · promptitude · promptness · quickness · rapidity · remit · remittance · report · send · settle · slaughter · slay · speed · story · swiftness · take out · transmission · transmit

TRANSLATION OF DISPATCH

Find out the translation of dispatch to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.

The translations of dispatch from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «dispatch» in English.

• Translator English - Chinese: 派遣
• Translator English - Spanish: enviar
• English: dispatch
• Translator English - Hindi: प्रेषण
• Translator English - Arabic: إرسال
• Translator English - Russian: отправка
• Translator English - Portuguese: despachar
• Translator English - Bengali: প্রাণবধ
• Translator English - French: envoyer
• Translator English - Malay: Penghantaran
• Translator English - German: senden
• Translator English - Japanese: 派遣する
• Translator English - Korean: 파견하다
• Translator English - Javanese: Ngirim
• Translator English - Vietnamese: công văn
• Translator English - Tamil: அனுப்புதல்
• Translator English - Marathi: प्रेषण
• Translator English - Turkish: sevk etmek
• Translator English - Italian: mandare
• Translator English - Polish: wysyłka
• Translator English - Ukrainian: відправка
• Translator English - Romanian: expediere
• Translator English - Greek: αποστολή
• Translator English - Afrikaans: versending
• Translator English - Swedish: sändning
• Translator English - Norwegian: utsendelse

3 QUOTES WITH «DISPATCH»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word dispatch.

1

William J. Brennan, Jr.

Appellant constituted a legitimate class of one, and this provides a basis for Congress's decision to proceed with dispatch with respect to his materials.

2

Jack Dorsey

The idea of Twitter started with me working in dispatch since I was 15 years old, where taxi cabs or firetrucks would broadcast where they were and what they were doing.

3

Dan Phillips

Where do you get lumpy tiles? Well, of course, you don't. But I get a lot of toilets, and so you just dispatch a toilet with a hammer, and then you have lumpy tiles.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DISPATCH»

Discover the use of dispatch in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to dispatch and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.

Dispatch

A man with a talent for writing letters that get results, from editorials to complaints to love letters--Jason Handford is delighted when he is offered a job to write letters for a living, until he discovers that his new career has horrific ...

Bentley Little, 2005

Wind Power Generation and Dispatch in Competitive Power Markets

Wind energy is currently the fastest growing type of renewable energy.

Lisias Abreu, 2008

Amok Fifth Dispatch: Sourcebook of Extremes of Information ...

Directory of the Extremes of Information in Print The 'Amok Sourcebook' presents in one volume the entire gamut of extreme literature available from hundreds of publishers worldwide, complete with ordering information.

Amok (Firm), Stuart Swezey, 1999

A dispatch to Custer: the tragedy of Lieutenant Kidder

A Dispatch to Custer tells the little-known story of Lieutenant Lyman Kidder, a young soldier sent on a mission in 1867 to deliver new orders to Lieutenant Colonel George Custer.

Randy Johnson, Nancy P. Allan, 1999

Joseph Pulitzer II and the Post-Dispatch: A Newspaperman's Life

For secondary sources, the thorough "Pulitzer-Post-Dispatch Bibliography" prepared in 1976 by Roy T. King, former Post- Dispatch librarian, was invaluable. It is included with the Papers of Joseph Pulitzer II. King also prepared a most useful ...

Daniel W. Pfaff, 2010

More iPhone Cool Projects: Cool Developers Reveal the ...

operation queues (see Table 1–2) in perspective there are two broad groups of queues in GCD: dispatch queues and operation queues. Dispatch queues are a part of GCD and the C runtime and are a C-based mechanism for executing tasks .

Ben Smith, Danton Chin, Leon Palm, 2010

Understanding 911 Dispatch Teams Across Context: ...

The research plan presented in this study sought to assess and evaluate the decision making procedures, communication activities, and human-computer interactions that facilitate teamwork in 911 dispatch teams.

Ivanna S. Terrell, 2006

Computer-aided Scheduling and Dispatch in Demand-responsive ...

1 SUMMARY 3 CHAPTER ONE INTRODUCTION Background, 3 History of Computer-Aided Scheduling and Dispatch Systems, 3 Implementing and Using Computer-Aided Scheduling and Dispatch Systems, 4 Purpose and Overview of the ...

David S. Kessler, 2004

Evolutionary Multi-Criterion Optimization: Third ...

Evolutionary Multi-objective Environmental/Economic Dispatch: Stochastic Versus Deterministic Approaches Robert T.F. Ah King1, Harry C.S. Rughooputh1, and Kalyanmoy Deb2 1 Department of Electrical and Electronic Engineering, Faculty ...

Carlos A. Coello Coello, Arturo Hern??ndez Aguirre, Eckart Zitzler, 2005

Soft Computing

Dynamic Economic Dispatch, one of the main functions of power generation operation and control is an extension of conventional economic dispatch problem . The objective of operating electric power plants is to have high operating efficiency ...

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10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DISPATCH»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term dispatch is used in the context of the following news items.

Saul Sokol | 1920-2015: Columnist dispensed insurance tips | The …

By Tim Feran The Columbus Dispatch • Thursday July 9, 2015 1:05 AM ... syndicated column, “Your Insurance Advisor,” appeared in The Dispatch for 30 years. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Workers at Detroit Three automakers ready for raises | The …

The Dispatch E-Edition ... and unlimited premium content on Dispatch.com, BuckeyeXtra.com, BlueJacketsXtra.com and DispatchPolitics.com. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Little league results - Richmond Times-Dispatch: Local Interest

Highlights: HA – Owen Riley 2B; Graham Fearington 2B; Sam Crist 3 for 5, 3 RBIs. HN – Thomas Cook 4 for 4, 4 RBIs, 2 2Bs; Riley Roarty 2B; ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»

Microsoft to slash up to 7,800 jobs | The Columbus Dispatch

The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to subscribers before 6 a.m. ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

FAA clears United to resume flying - Richmond Times-Dispatch …

A newly painted United Airlines plane, with Continental's blue and gold colors and globe logo on the tail, bottom, leaves from Bush ... «Richmond Times-Dispatch, Jul 15»

Delaware County sisters missing on Wyoming camping trip | The …

By Jim Woods The Columbus Dispatch • Wednesday July 8, 2015 11:47 PM. When the three sisters didn't contact their parents back in Ohio on Monday, or show ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Hilliard schools won't seek tax issue until 2016 | The Columbus …

By Charlie Boss The Columbus Dispatch • Wednesday July 8, 2015 11:37 PM. Residents of the Hilliard school district won't see a tax request this November ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Poll: Should N.J. 911 dispatch services be privatized? | NJ.com

Union workers protest the possible privitazation of police dispatch during a march and rally in Camden City, July 7, 2015. (Michelle Caffrey | For ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»

Temporary NYSE shutdown adds to market descent | The Columbus …

The Dispatch E-Edition ... and unlimited premium content on Dispatch.com, BuckeyeXtra.com, BlueJacketsXtra.com and DispatchPolitics.com. «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»

Apple persuades judge to void $533 million iTunes award | The …

The Dispatch E-Edition. The E-Edition includes all of the news, comics, classifieds and advertisements of the newspaper. And it's available to ... «Columbus Dispatch, Jul 15»