despatch meaning

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despatch (noun): an official report (usually sent in haste).

despatch has 5 meanings in this dictionary, as noun and verb.

despatch as a noun

  1. an official report (usually sent in haste)

    Synonyms: dispatch, communique

    Type of: report

  2. the act of sending off something

    Synonyms: dispatch, shipment

    Type of: departure

    Kinds: reshipment

  3. the property of being prompt and efficient
    • it was done with dispatch

    Synonyms: dispatch, expedition, expeditiousness

    Type of: celerity

  4. killing a person or animal

    Synonyms: dispatch

    Type of: killing

despatch as a verb

  1. send away towards a designated goal

    Synonyms: dispatch, send off

    Type of: transport

    Kinds: bundle off, route

Scrabble score: 16 (letter breakdown)

Word lists: words starting with DE · words ending in CH · 8-letter words

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