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apportion
English
Etymology
From Middle French apportionner, from Old French aporcioner, from Late Latin apportionare, from Latin ad + portio. See portion.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /??p????n/
- (General American) IPA(key): /??p????n/
- Rhymes: -??(r)??n
Verb
apportion (third-person singular simple present apportions, present participle apportioning, simple past and past participle apportioned)
- (transitive) To divide and distribute portions of a whole.
- The controlling party had apportioned the voting districts such that their party would be favored in the next election.
- (transitive) Specifically, to do so in a fair and equitable manner; to allocate proportionally.
- The children were required to dump all of their Halloween candy on the table so that their parents could apportion it among them.
Synonyms
- (divide and distribute): allocate, allot, dispense, parcel out, share out
Antonyms
- (divide and distribute): amass, concentrate, consolidate, gather, reassemble
Derived terms
- unapportioned
- apportionment
Translations
Anagrams
- appointor
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dispatch
English
Alternative forms
- despatch (UK, Australia)
Etymology
From Spanish despachar or Italian dispacciare, replacing alternate reflex depeach, which is from French dépêcher. 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.
Pronunciation
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /d??spæt?/
- (Received Pronunciation, US) IPA(key): /d??spæt?/
- Rhymes: -æt?
Verb
dispatch (third-person singular simple present dispatches, present participle dispatching, simple past and past participle dispatched)
- (transitive) To send (a shipment) with promptness.
- (transitive) To send (a person) away hastily.
- (transitive) To send (an important official message) promptly, by means of a diplomat or military officer.
- (transitive) To send (a journalist) to a place in order to report.
- (transitive) To dispose of speedily, as business; to execute quickly; to make a speedy end of; to finish; to perform.
- (transitive) To rid; to free.
- (transitive) To destroy quickly and efficiently.
- (transitive, computing) To pass on for further processing, especially via a dispatch table (often with to).
- (intransitive, obsolete) To hurry.
- (transitive, obsolete) To deprive.
Synonyms
- destroy
- kill
- make haste
- send
Hyponyms
Related terms
- dispatch table
- happy dispatch
Translations
Noun
dispatch (countable and uncountable, plural dispatches)
- 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.
- The act of doing something quickly.
- Synonyms: haste, hurry, rapidity
- 1661, John Fell, The Life of the most learned, reverend and pious Dr. H. Hammond
- During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant […]
- A mission by an emergency response service, typically attend to an emergency in the field.
- (computing) The passing on of a message for further processing, especially via a dispatch table.
- (obsolete) A dismissal.
Translations
Derived terms
- dispatcher
- dispatch case
- dispatch table
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