dispatch

dispatch

noun

Definition of DISPATCH

1

a message on paper from one person or group to another <a soldier sending daily dispatches to friends and family back home>

Synonyms dispatch, epistle, memo, memorandum, missive, note

Related Words billet-doux, open letter; airmail, card, electronic mail, e-mail, junk mail, mail, postal card, postcard; communication, report; encyclical

2

a piece of conveyed information <a dispatch from headquarters regarding a change in battle plans>

Synonyms dispatch, message

Related Words bulletin, communiqué, express [British], report; memo, memorandum, notice; epistle, letter, missive, note; electronic mail, e-mail, voice mail; intelligence, news, tidings, word; command, directive, instruction, order