dispatch
1. an official report (usually sent in haste) (Freq. 3)
• Syn:
despatch, communique
• Hypernyms:
report, news report, story, account, write up
• Part Meronyms:
dateline
2. the act of sending off something (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
despatch, shipment
• Derivationally related forms:
ship (for: shipment), despatch (for: despatch)
• Hypernyms:
departure, going, going away, leaving
• Hyponyms:
reshipment
3. the property of being prompt and efficient
- it was done with dispatch
• Syn:
despatch, expedition, expeditiousness
• Derivationally related forms:
expeditious (for: expeditiousness), expeditious (for: expedition)
• Hypernyms:
celerity, quickness, rapidity, rapidness, speediness
4. killing a person or animal
• Syn:
despatch
• Hypernyms:
killing, kill, putting to death
1. send away towards a designated goal (Freq. 5)
• Syn:
despatch, send off
• Derivationally related forms:
despatch (for: despatch), dispatcher
• Hypernyms:
transport, send, ship
• Hyponyms:
bundle off, route
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s somebody PP
- Somebody ----s something PP
- They won't dispatch the story
2. complete or carry out (Freq. 1)
- discharge one's duties
• Syn:
discharge, complete
• Hypernyms:
carry through, accomplish, execute, carry out, action,
fulfill, fulfil
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. kill intentionally and with premeditation
- The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
• Syn:
murder, slay, hit, bump off, off,
polish off, remove
• Derivationally related forms:
hit (for: hit), slayer (for: slay), slaying (for: slay), murder (for: murder), murderer (for: murder)
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Hyponyms:
burke, execute
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Sam cannot dispatch Sue
4. dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
- He dispatched the task he was assigned
• Hypernyms:
act, move
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
5. kill without delay
- the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
• Hypernyms:
kill
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
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