dispatch
verb (used with object)
to send off or away with speed, as a messenger, telegram, body of troops, etc.
will dispatch
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future tenseof dispatch.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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The shipper Sea Legend will dispatch the Dubai Tower from Ningbo, China, to Felixstowe in the U.K. on what it calls the Arctic Express, following a route along Russia’s north coast.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 15, 2026
Undefeated so far this postseason, Oklahoma City soon will dispatch the shorthanded Lakers and then go marching on toward a defense of last year’s NBA championship.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 8, 2026
French President Emmanuel Macron has also said Paris will dispatch additional air defence units to Cyprus.
From Barron's ● Mar. 5, 2026
"Going forward, we will dispatch more personnel including police to prevent this from recurring," he said.
From Reuters ● Jan. 4, 2023
"I wish," says her husband in one of his letters, "I knew how to Court you into Good Humour, for Two or Three Quarrells more will dispatch me quite."
From A Century of English Essays An Anthology Ranging from Caxton to R. L. Stevenson & the Writers of Our Own Time by Ernest Rhys
