Despatch Meaning
/dɪˈspætʃ/, /dəˈspætʃ/, /dɪˈspæt͡ʃ/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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nounAlternative form of dispatch.
"The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…]."— 1843, William Hickling Prescott, The Conquest of Mexico, volume 1, published 1957, page 31:
verbAlternative form of dispatch.
"1833, Massachusetts Medical Society, New England Surgical Society, Boston Medical and Surgical Journal, Volumes 8-9, page 31,
She fainted, was got into bed, and a messenger was despatched for me."
"There is an hour or two, after the passengers have embarked, which is disquieting and fussy.[…]Passengers wander restlessly about or hurry, with futile energy, from place to place. Pushing men hustle each other at the windows of the purser's office, under pretence of expecting letters or despatching telegrams."— 1915, G[eorge] A. Birmingham [pseudonym; James Owen Hannay], chapter I, in Gossamer, New York, N.Y.: George H. Doran Company, →OCLC:
Sentence Examples
We must act with dispatch in this matter.
The manager ordered the immediate despatch of the courier.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The general ordered the troops to ____ the supplies immediately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager asked her assistant to send the package with all possible ____ to ensure it arrived on time.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The general ordered the troops to ____ the supplies immediately.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The manager asked her assistant to send the package with all possible ____ to ensure it arrived on time.