despatch
発送する
解説 Definition
手紙や商品などを目的地へ向けて送り出すこと。dispatchの異綴りで、主にイギリス英語で見られる。
To send a letter, parcel, order, document, or other item to its destination, often promptly or through an organized delivery service. Despatch is a chiefly British alternative spelling of the more common “dispatch.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
despatch は一般的な dispatch と同じ語で、「送り出す」という意味です。オンライン通販の案内にある despatch your order「注文品を発送する」や despatch goods「商品を発送する」で覚えると実用的です。英国でも dispatch のほうが広く使われるため、二つのつづりを同じ語として結び付けましょう。
Treat despatch and dispatch as two spellings of the same verb, not as words with different meanings. Picture an online order leaving a warehouse: a company despatches goods, promises to despatch your order within two days, or says that documents were despatched by courier. These combinations fix the meaning “send off to a destination.” The spelling dispatch is now more widespread, including in Britain, but despatch still appears in British commercial, postal, and administrative writing. Both forms are pronounced alike.
例文
We will despatch your order within two working days.
ご注文の商品は2営業日以内に発送します。
The documents were despatched by courier yesterday.
書類は昨日、宅配便で発送された。
The company despatches goods from its central warehouse.
その会社は中央倉庫から商品を発送している。
despatch の類義語・関連語
despatch の語源・成り立ち Etymology
despatch は dispatch の異綴りです。語自体はイタリア語 dispacciare「急いで送り出す」がスペイン語 despachar またはフランス語 dépêcher を経て英語に入ったとされます。現代では dispatch のつづりがより一般的です。
Despatch is an alternative spelling of dispatch. The word ultimately reflects Italian dispacciare, “to send off quickly,” and entered English through forms associated with Spanish despachar or French dépêcher. Its history explains the long coexistence of spellings beginning with dis- and des-. In present-day English, dispatch is considerably more common, while despatch survives mainly as a British variant, especially in commercial or administrative contexts involving the sending of goods or documents.
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