despatch
Collocations
4ADJ.
ready
VERB + DESPATCH
stacked
DESPATCH + NOUN
accommodation
PREP.
with
Definitions
noun
Alternative form of dispatch.
The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…].
Eldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
verb
Alternative 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.
Thesaurus
Synonyms
noun — killing a person or animal
noun — the property of being prompt and efficient
- dispatch
- expedition
- expeditiousness
noun — an official report (usually sent in haste)
- dispatch
- communique
verb — send away towards a designated goal
Antonyms
Idioms & Phrases
Example Bank
6The courier, bearing his despatches in the form of a hieroglyphical painting, ran with them to the first station,[…].
WiktionaryEldridge closed the despatch-case with a snap and, rising briskly, walked down the corridor to his solitary table in the dining-car.
WiktionaryThere are special rooms where mail can be stored and stacked ready for despatch and accommodation with cooking facilities for T.P.O. crews who change from one mail train to another at Tamworth.
Wiktionary1833, 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.
WiktionaryThere 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
WiktionaryThe countryside through which the line passes grows some beet, too. Ten wagonloads a day are despatched from Fethard and smaller quantities from Farranaleen, Laffan's Bridge and Horse & Jockey.
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