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What is the noun for dispatch?

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dispatch
  1. A message sent quickly, as a shipment, a prompt settlement of a business, or an important official message sent by a diplomat, or military officer.
  2. The act of doing something quickly.
  3. A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
  4. (obsolete) A dismissal.
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  6. Examples:
    1. “The urgency of the problem requires Congress to act and act with dispatch.”
      “In a dispatch written after the battle, Claiborne praised his soldiers' performance in battle.”
      “Upon dispatch of your parcel, you will receive a text message notification prompting you to choose from two delivery dates and a three-hour window.”
dispatcher
  1. agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches
  2. In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles
  3. (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled
  4. Synonyms:
  5. Examples:
    1. “He made a phone call that was recorded by our emergency communications dispatcher.”
      “Even if you're not trained, a dispatcher can instruct you in CPR until help arrives.”
      “A taxi dispatcher requires the precise location of cabs to determine which is the closest to a pickup.”
dispatching
dispatchability
  1. The quality or degree of being dispatchable.
dispatchment
  1. (obsolete) The act of dispatching.
  2. Examples:
    1. “Brian Purcell will face a grilling from members of the Justice Committee over his dispatchment to the former Garda Commissioner's home by the Taoiseach.”
dispatchments
  1. plural of dispatchment
dispatchings
dispatchers
  1. plural of dispatcher
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “At the beginning of a fire, dispatchers are generally sent instructions and requests by phone or radio.”
      “He was arrested in March after what police described as a pocket dial to 911 dispatchers.”
      “Police say they wanted to clarify initial accounts which were based on hearsay, hurried details from dispatchers.”
dispatches
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