dépêcher — meaning in English

English meaning

• hasten verb To move or act quickly, or to make something happen sooner.
• hurry verb To move or act with speed, or to make someone or something move faster.
• rush verb To hurry or do something very quickly, sometimes carelessly.
• telegraph noun A system, or the device, used to send coded messages over long distances using electrical signals.

Senses

dépêcher is used for these senses in English:

• hasten (intransitive) To move or act in a quick fashion.
• hurry (intransitive) To do things quickly.
• rush (transitive, or, intransitive) To hurry; to perform a task with great haste, often not properly or without thinking carefully.
• telegraph To use a telegraph, send a message by telegraph.

hurry — full definition

1. verb To move or act with speed, or to make someone or something move faster.
2. noun The state of needing to do something quickly; urgency.

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