dispatch

envoyer, dépêcher

Envoyer des personnes ou du matériel quelque part pour accomplir une tâche précise.

En anglais simple : If you send people or equipment somewhere for a particular job, you arrange for them to go there.

• They dispatched an ambulance.
• The editor dispatched two reporters to the scene.
• Police were dispatched to investigate the noise.

Comment l'utiliser : dispatch someone/something to somewhere (They dispatched a rescue team to the island.)

Synonymes : send, deploy

Expressions courantes : dispatch a team, dispatch someone to somewhere

expédier, envoyer

Faire partir un message ou un colis pour qu’il parvienne à son destinataire.

En anglais simple : If you send a message or package, you arrange for it to reach someone.

• We dispatch orders every morning.
• Your package was dispatched yesterday.
• The office dispatched a message to all branches.

Comment l'utiliser : dispatch something to someone (We dispatched the parcel to the customer yesterday.)

Synonymes : send, ship

Expressions courantes : dispatch an order, dispatch a message, dispatch a shipment, dispatch goods promptly

battre, vaincre

Battre un adversaire, souvent rapidement ou facilement.

En anglais simple : If you beat an opponent, you prevent them from winning, often quickly or easily.

• She dispatched her opponent easily.
• The champions dispatched the visiting team in under an hour.
• He dispatched three rivals before reaching the final.

Synonymes : defeat, beat

Expressions courantes : dispatch an opponent, easily dispatch someone

tuer, achever

Mettre rapidement fin à la vie d’un être vivant.

En anglais simple : If you kill a living thing quickly, you bring its life to an end.

• The hunter dispatched the wounded animal.
• The knight dispatched his enemy with one blow.
• A single shot dispatched the creature.

Synonymes : kill, slay

Expressions courantes : dispatch an enemy, swiftly dispatch something

dépêche

Message ou compte rendu d’actualité envoyé par une personne qui travaille loin.

En anglais simple : A message or news report sent by someone working far away.

• The reporter sent a dispatch.
• Her dispatch from Rome appeared in the newspaper.
• We received several dispatches about the fighting.

Comment l'utiliser : dispatch from somewhere (We read a dispatch from the front.)

Synonymes : report, message

Expressions courantes : a news dispatch, dispatch from somewhere, official dispatch, urgent dispatch

centre de régulation

Service qui reçoit les appels d’urgence et envoie la police, des ambulances ou d’autres secours.

En anglais simple : The service that receives emergency calls and sends police, ambulances, or other help.

• Call dispatch for help.
• Dispatch sent two ambulances to the scene.
• The officer radioed dispatch for more information.

Expressions courantes : call dispatch, police dispatch

envoi, déploiement

Action d’envoyer des personnes quelque part pour effectuer une tâche précise.

En anglais simple : The act of sending people somewhere to do a particular job.

• They ordered the dispatch of troops.
• The dispatch of a rescue team was delayed.
• Officials approved the immediate dispatch of doctors to the island.

Comment l'utiliser : dispatch of someone to somewhere (The dispatch of engineers to the site solved the problem.)

Synonymes : deployment

Expressions courantes : dispatch of troops, immediate dispatch

célérité, promptitude

Rapidité et efficacité dans l’accomplissement d’une tâche.

En anglais simple : Speed and efficiency in dealing with a task.

• They finished the work with dispatch.
• She dealt with each complaint with admirable dispatch.
• Please handle this matter with all due dispatch.

Comment l'utiliser : with dispatch (The requests were handled with dispatch.)

Synonymes : speed, promptness

Contraires : delay

Expressions courantes : with dispatch, with due dispatch, act with dispatch