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Meaning of 'dispatch' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Dispatch [ v. i.]
- To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
2 . Dispatch [ v. t.]
- To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- To rid; to free.
- To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
- To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
- To send out of the world; to put to death.
- The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
- Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
- The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
- A message dispatched or sent with speed; especially, an important official letter sent from one public officer to another; -- often used in the plural; as, a messenger has arrived with dispatches for the American minister; naval or military dispatches.
- A message transmitted by telegraph.

Meaning of 'dispatch' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . dispatch [ n]
Meaning (1):
- the property of being prompt and efficient
Example in sentence:
  • it was done with dispatch
2 . dispatch [ v]
Meaning (2):
- complete or carry out
Example in sentence:
  • discharge one's duties
Meaning (3):
- dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
Example in sentence:
  • He dispatched the task he was assigned
Meaning (4):
- kill intentionally and with premeditation
Example in sentence:
  • The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Meaning (5):
- kill without delay
Example in sentence:
  • the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators

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