despatch
/dəˈspætʃ/
Word Rarity
Rare
Frequency: 2.69 in modern English
16
Scrabble Score
8
Letters
1
Syllables
8
Unique Chars
Meaning
verb
Alternative form of dispatch.
Example Sentences
- "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."
- "There 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."
- "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."
- "The 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."
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /dəˈspætʃ/
- British English: /dɪˈspætʃ/