dispatcher
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English
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
dispatcher (plural dispatchers)
- agent noun of dispatch; one who dispatches.
- In a transportation organization, a person who controls the movements of vehicles.
- (computing) A piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled.
- (gambling, slang) Any die used for cheating, whether fraudulently weighted or bearing duplicate numbers.
- 1897, Robert Frederick Foster, Foster's Complete Hoyle, page 565:
- First see that each die has all six figures upon it, for some dice are dispatchers, made with double numbers, […]
- 2013, Lisa Plumley, The Honor-Bound Gambler, page 9:
- He also knew, with another proficient glance, that the dice the youngster jiggled were likely a pair of dispatchers—so named because they effectively "dispatched" their intended targets: suckers.
Translations
one who dispatches (something)
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a person who controls the movements of vehicles
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a piece of software responsible for assigning priorities and resources to tasks waiting to be scheduled
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Further reading
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
dispatcher
- to dispatch
Conjugation
Conjugation of dispatcher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | dispatcher | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | dispatchant /dis.pat.ʃɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | dispatché /dis.pat.ʃe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dispatche /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatches /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatche /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatchons /dis.pat.ʃɔ̃/ |
dispatchez /dis.pat.ʃe/ |
dispatchent /dis.patʃ/ |
| imperfect | dispatchais /dis.pat.ʃɛ/ |
dispatchais /dis.pat.ʃɛ/ |
dispatchait /dis.pat.ʃɛ/ |
dispatchions /dis.pat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
dispatchiez /dis.pat.ʃje/ |
dispatchaient /dis.pat.ʃɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | dispatchai /dis.pat.ʃe/ |
dispatchas /dis.pat.ʃa/ |
dispatcha /dis.pat.ʃa/ |
dispatchâmes /dis.pat.ʃam/ |
dispatchâtes /dis.pat.ʃat/ |
dispatchèrent /dis.pat.ʃɛʁ/ | |
| future | dispatcherai /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
dispatcheras /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
dispatchera /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁa/ |
dispatcherons /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ |
dispatcherez /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁe/ |
dispatcheront /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | dispatcherais /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
dispatcherais /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
dispatcherait /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ |
dispatcherions /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
dispatcheriez /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁje/ |
dispatcheraient /dis.pat.ʃə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | dispatche /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatches /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatche /dis.patʃ/ |
dispatchions /dis.pat.ʃjɔ̃/ |
dispatchiez /dis.pat.ʃje/ |
dispatchent /dis.patʃ/ |
| imperfect2 | dispatchasse /dis.pat.ʃas/ |
dispatchasses /dis.pat.ʃas/ |
dispatchât /dis.pat.ʃa/ |
dispatchassions /dis.pat.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ |
dispatchassiez /dis.pat.ʃa.sje/ |
dispatchassent /dis.pat.ʃas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | dispatche /dis.patʃ/ |
— | dispatchons /dis.pat.ʃɔ̃/ |
dispatchez /dis.pat.ʃe/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “dispatcher”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.