despatchde‧spatch /dɪˈspætʃ/ noun, verb 
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ThesaurusLongman Language Activatorto send a letter, message, parcel etc► send
another spelling of dispatch · Send a cheque for £50 with your order.· How many Christmas cards did you send?send somebody something · Perhaps I should send him a note of apology.· She sent him a furious email.send something to something · He sent a dozen red roses to his girlfriend on her birthday.· MI5 intercepted a message sent from a business firm in Paris to The Hague.
► post British /mail especially American to send a letter, package etc by putting it in a letter box or taking it to the post office: · I must remember to post Joey's birthday card.· You may choose not to mail the payment until the due date.post/mail something to somebody: · Could you mail those photographs to me?· Tickets will be posted to you unless otherwise requested.post/mail somebody something: · I mailed my dad a postcard from Alaska.
► fax to send someone a copy of a document or message electronically down a telephone line, using a fax machine: · Shall I fax the report or mail it?fax something to somebody: · The order will be faxed directly to the manufacturer.fax somebody something: · They've agreed to fax us their proposals tomorrow.
► email/e-mail to send a message directly from one computer to another computer, using the Internet: · You can email Richard in Sydney.email somebody something: · I'll e-mail you his address when I get home.email something to somebody: · She spent the next hour e-mailing her resume to prospective employers.
► send off to send something somewhere so that it can be dealt with: send something off: · I must send this film off to be processed.send off something: · When did you send off your application form?
► send in to send something to an organization by mail, so that it can be dealt with: send something in: · We've sent our passports in to get them renewed.send in something: · The final date for sending in completed application forms is July 3rd.· Almost 1000 questionnaires have already been sent in.
► send out to send something to a lot of people: send out something: · The club sends out a monthly newsletter to all its members.· Officials are sending out information packs to 4000 firms in the area.send something out: · We posted the wedding invitations in batches, rather than sending them all out at the same time.
► circulate to send a letter or written message to each person in a group in order to make sure that everyone receives the information you want them to receive: · While Shelley was still at school, he circulated a pamphlet attacking religion.circulate something around/to/through etc: · Sneed had circulated a letter round the department explaining the new pay cuts.· A list of well-known fraudsters was circulated to all local police chiefs.be widely circulated (=circulated to a lot of people): · The results of the survey were widely circulated.
► dispatch/despatch formal to send something to someone, especially something they have ordered or are expecting: · The seller had agreed to dispatch the goods free of charge.dispatch something to something: · The proofs were then despatched to London for printing.
► get something off informal to send something by mail, especially when it is urgent: · She managed to get all the letters off before five o'clock.get sth off to: · I'll get this off to you first thing in the morning.
► put something in the post British to put a letter, parcel etc into a post box or take it to a post office to be sent: · I'll put a cheque in the post for you tonight.
to send someone somewhere► send to make someone or something go somewhere: send somebody/something out/to/back etc: · He sent the children out of the room so we could talk.· There are no plans to send British troops to the area.· He travelled all over the world, but decided to send his son to school in England.
► pack off to send someone to another place very quickly, especially so that you do not have to deal with them or they do not cause you any problems: pack somebody off (to): · They gave her her supper and then packed her off to bed.be packed off (to): · To prevent a scandal, John was rapidly packed off to another city.
► dispatch/despatch formal to send someone or something to a place, especially so that they can help in a difficult or dangerous situation: · The government dispatched 150 police to restore order.· As soon as the news reached them, a second airplane was despatched.dispatch somebody/something to: · A recovery vehicle was immediately dispatched to the area.
► send in to send a group of soldiers, police, medical workers etc somewhere to deal with a difficult or dangerous situation: send in somebody: · After the earthquake, the Red Cross sent in medical teams from around the world.send somebody in: · Sending troops in would only make the situation worse.
► send out to send someone somewhere to do a particular job, especially somewhere far away: send out somebody: · The paper sent out several teams of reporters to follow the progress of the war.· Their top computer engineers were sent out to tackle the problem.send somebody out: · We'll send a mechanic out as soon as we can.
► be posted if someone such as a soldier or government official is posted to a place, especially somewhere abroad, they are sent there to do their job: be posted to: · My father was posted to Hong Kong when I was six.· He joined the company three years ago and is hoping to be posted to Asia soon.be posted as: · Terry's just heard he's been posted as liaison officer on the USS Nebraska.
► be stationed if a member of an army, navy, or air force is stationed somewhere, they are sent to that place for a period of military duty: be stationed in/at/there etc: · My uncle was stationed in Burma during the war.· At the weekend, all the local bars were full of soldiers stationed at Fort Bragg.