dispatch – English verb conjugation

English verb forms of dispatch

Nominal Forms

Infinitive: to dispatch
Participle: dispatched
Gerund: dispatching

Cognates

-

Indicative

Present

Idispatch
youdispatch
he;she;itdispatches
wedispatch
youdispatch
theydispatch

Perfect

Ihave dispatched
youhave dispatched
he;she;ithas dispatched
wehave dispatched
youhave dispatched
theyhave dispatched

Past

Idispatched
youdispatched
he;she;itdispatched
wedispatched
youdispatched
theydispatched

Pluperfect

Ihad dispatched
youhad dispatched
he;she;ithad dispatched
wehad dispatched
youhad dispatched
theyhad dispatched

Future

Iwill dispatch
youwill dispatch
he;she;itwill dispatch
wewill dispatch
youwill dispatch
theywill dispatch

Future Perfect

Iwill have dispatched
youwill have dispatched
he;she;itwill have dispatched
wewill have dispatched
youwill have dispatched
theywill have dispatched

Subjunctive

Present

Idispatch
youdispatch
he;she;itdispatch
wedispatch
youdispatch
theydispatch

Perfect

Ihave dispatched
youhave dispatched
he;she;ithave dispatched
wehave dispatched
youhave dispatched
theyhave dispatched

Imperfect

Idispatched
youdispatched
he;she;itdispatched
wedispatched
youdispatched
theydispatched

Pluperfect

Ihad dispatched
youhad dispatched
he;she;ithad dispatched
wehad dispatched
youhad dispatched
theyhad dispatched

Conditional

Present

Iwould dispatch
youwould dispatch
he;she;itwould dispatch
wewould dispatch
youwould dispatch
theywould dispatch

Perfect

Iwould have dispatched
youwould have dispatched
he;she;itwould have dispatched
wewould have dispatched
youwould have dispatched
theywould have dispatched

Imperative

youdispatch
weLet's dispatch
youdispatch

Progressive (Continuous) Forms

Indicative

Present

Iam dispatching
youare dispatching
he;she;itis dispatching
weare dispatching
youare dispatching
theyare dispatching

Perfect

Ihave been dispatching
youhave been dispatching
he;she;ithas been dispatching
wehave been dispatching
youhave been dispatching
theyhave been dispatching

Past

Iwas dispatching
youwere dispatching
he;she;itwas dispatching
wewere dispatching
youwere dispatching
theywere dispatching

Pluperfect

Ihad been dispatching
youhad been dispatching
he;she;ithad been dispatching
wehad been dispatching
youhad been dispatching
theyhad been dispatching

Future

Iwill be dispatching
youwill be dispatching
he;she;itwill be dispatching
wewill be dispatching
youwill be dispatching
theywill be dispatching

Future Perfect

Iwill have been dispatching
youwill have been dispatching
he;she;itwill have been dispatching
wewill have been dispatching
youwill have been dispatching
theywill have been dispatching

Conditional

Present

Iwould be dispatching
youwould be dispatching
he;she;itwould be dispatching
wewould be dispatching
youwould be dispatching
theywould be dispatching

Perfect

Iwould have been dispatching
youwould have been dispatching
he;she;itwould have been dispatching
wewould have been dispatching
youwould have been dispatching
theywould have been dispatching

Other

Verbs conjugated like 'dispatch'

abash, abolish, abroach, accomplish, accroach, address, admix, admonish, ado, adpress, affamish, affix, alloo, amass, ambush, anguish, annex, appeach, appears, approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

to put to death; to extinguish life.
annihilate, bag, bereave of life, blight, bring down, bury, cack, croak, crush, dash, deactivate, dead, demolish, destroy, dispose of, do, do in, dust, eliminate, end, eradicate, exterminate, finish, finish off, flatten, lay waste to, make a way with, mortify, neutralize, obliterate, off, pay off, pick off, polish off, punch someone's ticket, put an end to, put down, put out of one's misery, put six feet under, put to sleep, ravage, rub out, ruin, scotch, scupper, scuttle, send to eternity, send to hell, send to the grave, send to the great beyond, send to the next life, smash, smite, snuff, squash, stiff, take, take care of, take down, take out, terminate, terminate with extreme prejudice, kill, torpedo, waste, wipe out, wreck
send
ship, transmit, issue, forward, route, express
kill
destroy, murder
finish
achieve, conclude, perform, accomplish

Antonyms

kill
originate, revive, save, restore
finish
start, begin, commence, originate

Additional Information

Phrasal Verbs

Etymology

1. 1517, "to send off in a hurry," from Sp. despacher "expedite, hasten," probably opposite of O.Prov. empachar "impede," either from Gallo-Romance *impactare, frequentative of L. pingere "dash against," or ult. from L. pedica "shackle" (see impeach). Meaning "to get rid of by killing" is attested from 1530. Noun sense of "a message sent speedily" is first attested 1582.
2. Borrowed from Spanish despachar and/or Italian dispacciare. Further etymology is uncertain. For first element des-, see dis-. Second element probably from either Vulgar Latin *pactāre (“to fasten"”), *pactiare or Latin -pedicāre (“to entrap, shackle”), from pedica, from pēs. Ultimately related to impeach through shared Latin root. The first known use in writing (in the past tense, spelled as dispached) is by Bishop Cuthbert Tunstall in 1517. This would be unusually early for a borrowing from a Romance language other than French, but Tunstall had studied in Italy and was Commissioner to Spain, so this word may have been borrowed through diplomatic circles. The alternative spelling despatch was introduced in Samuel Johnson's dictionary, probably by accident.
3. Compare typologically deliver (for the meaning to bring or transport) (< Latin dē- + līberō). See: Spanish 'despachar', Italian 'dispacciare'.

Sample Sentences

  • The League of One was suddenly exposed and in danger of being hunted by enemies of the salarians. Before any harm could be done, the team mysteriously disappeared.[...]Realizing the threat posed by this rogue outfit, the Special Tasks Group dispatched a team of hunters. When they didn't return, the STG dispatched ten of its brightest operators with broad discretionary powers. Only two returned; they reported no evidence of the League. [2008, BioWare, Mass Effect (Science Fiction), Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Salarians: League of One Codex entry:]
  • Scores of foreign journalists have been dispatched to Seoul to report on the growing tensions between the two Koreas and the possibility of war. [2013 April 9, Andrei Lankov, “Stay Cool. Call North Korea’s Bluff.”, in New York Times:]
  • Yet, ere we put ourselves in arms, dispatch we / The business we have talk'd of. [c. 1606–1607 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Anthonie and Cleopatra”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act II, scene ii]:]
  • the which company of harvest men, being ready at the day appointed, almost in one fair day dispatcheth all the harvest work. [1751 [1516], Thomas More, translated by Gilbert Burnet, Utopia, translation of original in New Latin:]
  • But whā I had cleane diſpatched myſelf of this great charge and taſke, I loked not that I ſhould at any tyme afterwarde have any more to doe with this kynde of writing [1548, Nicholas Udall, “The preface of Erasmus unto his paraphrase upon the Gospel of the Evangelist Matthew”, in The first tome or volume of the Paraphrase of Erasmus vpon the newe testamente, translation of original by Desiderius Erasmus, page 33:]
  • "And our dogs used to tree the cats on our property here, and we'd dispatch them." [2008, Monte Dwyer, Red In The Centre: The Australian Bush Through Urban Eyes, Monyer Pty Ltd, page 146:]
  • So Tyrion hatches one last brilliant scheme in a season full of them, and this one goes exactly as well as all the others, even if it doesn’t look like it at first. He alone takes a meeting with Cersei, in her chambers, with the Mountain ready and waiting to dispatch him. [2017 August 27, Brandon Nowalk, “Game Of Thrones slows down for the longest, and best, episode of the season (newbies)”, in The Onion AV Club:]
  • Gareth Southgate's side had little trouble dispatching the side 172nd in the Fifa rankings. [2023 June 17, Emma Smith, “Malta 0-4 England”, in BBC Sport:]
  • These handlers perform any additional checking and processing that may be necessary before and after a message is dispatched to an object. In addition, some message types are handled internally by the kernel[…] [2004, Peter Gutmann, Cryptographic Security Architecture: Design and Verification, page 102:]
  • prithee, dispatch [c. 1603–1604 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Othello, the Moore of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:]
  • “Proceed, friend Nicolas, and let us dispatch; for, it grows late.” [1755, Miguel de Cervantes, translated by Tobias Smollett, Don Quixote, Volume 1, I.6:]