dispatch

dispatch is a 8-letter English word with 20 senses as transitive verb, intransitive verb, noun, and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform. Face value is 16 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

8 letters · Scrabble 16 · Words With Friends 17 · 20 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
2. transitive verb. To rid; to free.
3. transitive verb. To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
4. transitive verb. To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
5. transitive verb. To send out of the world; to put to death.
6. intransitive verb. To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
7. transitive verb. The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
8. transitive verb. Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
9. transitive verb. The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
10. transitive verb. 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.
11. transitive verb. A message transmitted by telegraph.
12. noun. the act of sending off something

    Synonyms: despatch, shipment

13. noun. killing a person or animal

    Synonyms: despatch

14. noun. the property of being prompt and efficient

    "it was done with dispatch"

    Synonyms: despatch, expedition, expeditiousness

15. noun. an official report (usually sent in haste)

    Synonyms: communique, despatch

16. verb. kill without delay

    "the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"

17. verb. send away towards a designated goal

    Synonyms: despatch

18. verb. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently

    "He dispatched the task he was assigned"

19. verb. kill intentionally and with premeditation

    "The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"

    Synonyms: hit, murder, off, remove, slay

20. verb. complete or carry out

    "discharge one's duties"

    Synonyms: complete, discharge

Synonyms

despatch, shipment, expedition, expeditiousness, communique, hit, murder, off, remove, slay, complete, discharge

Common word forms

dispatched, dispatcher, dispatches, dispatchful, dispatching

Words from these letters

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