dispatch
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
an official report (usually sent in haste)
Types & categories
- news report hypernym
Parts & wholes
- dateline part meronym
Related & opposite
- dispatch derivation
Sense 2 verb
send away towards a designated goal
Types & categories
- ship hypernym
- bundle off hyponym
- route hyponym
Related & opposite
- dispatch derivation
- dispatch derivation
- dispatcher derivation
Sense 3 noun
the act of sending off something
Types & categories
- departure hypernym
- reshipment hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 4 verb
complete or carry out
discharge one's duties
Types & categories
- carry out hypernym
Sense 5 noun
the property of being prompt and efficient
it was done with dispatch
Types & categories
- celerity hypernym
Related & opposite
- dispatch derivation
- expeditious derivation
Sense 6 verb
kill intentionally and with premeditation
The mafia boss ordered his enemies murdered
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- murder derivation
- despatch derivation
- hit derivation
- killer derivation
- liquidator derivation
Sense 7 noun
killing a person or animal
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
Sense 8 verb
dispose of rapidly and without delay and efficiently
He dispatched the task he was assigned
Types & categories
- act hypernym
Related & opposite
- expeditiousness derivation
Sense 9 verb
kill without delay
the traitor was dispatched by the conspirators
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
Related & opposite
- despatch derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 1 | part meronym | Parts & wholes | dateline |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | news report |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatcher |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | ship |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bundle off |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | route |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | ship |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | departure |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | reshipment |
| 4 | hypernym | Types & categories | carry out |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | expeditious |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | celerity |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | murder |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | despatch |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | hit |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | killer |
| 6 | derivation | Related & opposite | liquidator |
| 6 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | burke |
| 6 | hyponym | Types & categories | execute |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | dispatch |
| 7 | derivation | Related & opposite | murder |
| 7 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 8 | derivation | Related & opposite | expeditiousness |
| 8 | hypernym | Types & categories | act |
| 9 | derivation | Related & opposite | despatch |
| 9 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |