Dictionary Entry
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
- 1transitive verb
To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- 2transitive verb
To rid; to free.
- 3transitive verb
To get rid of by sending off; to send away hastily.
- 4transitive verb
To send off or away; -- particularly applied to sending off messengers, messages, letters, etc., on special business, and implying haste.
- 5transitive verb
To send out of the world; to put to death.
- 6intransitive verb
To make haste; to conclude an affair; to finish a matter of business.
- 7transitive verb
The act of sending a message or messenger in haste or on important business.
- 8transitive verb
Any sending away; dismissal; riddance.
- 9transitive verb
The finishing up of a business; speedy performance, as of business; prompt execution; diligence; haste.
- 10transitive 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.
- 11transitive verb
A message transmitted by telegraph.
- 12noun
the act of sending off something
- 13noun
killing a person or animal
Synonyms
- 14noun
the property of being prompt and efficient
"it was done with dispatch"
- 15noun
an official report (usually sent in haste)
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- 16verb
kill without delay
"the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators"
- 17verb
send away towards a designated goal
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- 18verb
dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
"He dispatched the task he was assigned"
- 19verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
"The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered"
- 20verb
complete or carry out
"discharge one's duties"
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