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CPS HSAT Vocabulary · Tier 1

dispatch

verb

Definition

to send off quickly to a destination or task

In a sentence

The company dispatched a repair crew that morning.

Similar words

  • send
  • deploy

Why this word matters: dispatch appears in academic reading at the 8th-grade level and is exactly the type of word that shows up on the CPS HSAT Reading section. Practice it in context with our spaced-repetition system at vocabulary.