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   launch

   /lɔːn(t)ʃ/

   verb

   • 1. set (a boat) in motion by pushing it or allowing it to roll into the water: "the town's lifeboat was launched to rescue the fishermen" Similar set afloatfloatput to seaput into the watersend down the slipway
   • ▪ set (a newly built ship or boat) afloat for the first time with an official ceremony: "the ship was launched in 1843 by Prince Albert"
   • ▪ send (a missile, satellite, or spacecraft) on its course: "they launched two Scud missiles" Similar send into orbitput into orbitblast offtake offlift off
   • ▪ hurl (something) forcefully: "a chair was launched at him" Similar throwhurlflingpitchlobtosscastlet flypropelprojectfireshootinformal:chuckheavesling
   • ▪ make a sudden energetic movement: "I launched myself out of bed"
   • ▪ utter (criticism or a threat) vehemently: "he launched a biting attack on BBC chiefs"
   • 2. start or set in motion (an activity or enterprise): "the government is to launch a £1.25 million publicity campaign"
   • ▪ introduce (a new product or publication) to the public for the first time: "two new Ford models are to be launched in the US next year"

   noun

   • 1. an act or instance of launching something: "the launch of a new campaign against drinking and driving"
   • ▪ an occasion at which a new product or publication is introduced to the public: "a book launch"

   Word Origin Middle English (in the sense ‘hurl a missile, discharge with force’): from Anglo-Norman French launcher, variant of Old French lancier (see lance).

   Scrabble Points: 11

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   What does launch mean?

   • NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays. [VERB noun] Launch is also a noun. To launch a ship or a boat means to put it into water, often for the first time after it has been built. There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.

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   What does it mean to launch a rocket?

   • To launch a rocket, missile, or satellite means to send it into the air or into space. NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays. [VERB noun] Launch is also a noun. To launch a ship or a boat means to put it into water, often for the first time after it has been built.

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   What does launch yourself mean?

   • Residents have launched a protest against the proposed development. [transitive] launch yourself + adv./prep. to jump forwards with a lot of force Without warning he launched himself at me. (figurative) She launched herself on the rock world with a brilliant album.

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   What does launching a product mean?

   • [transitive, intransitive] launch (something) to make a product or service available to the public for the first time; to become available for the first time The company plans to launch the service to coincide with the World Cup this summer. The updated website will be officially launched at the conference in April. The new series launches in July.

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   to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc. to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water. noun. the act of launching. launch. 2. [ lawnch, lahnch ] Phonetic (Standard)IPA. noun. a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine. a large utility boat carried by a warship. launch. 1. / lɔːntʃ /

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   • [transitive] launch something to start an activity, especially an organized one. The government recently launched a national road safety campaign. Police have launched an investigation into the incident.
   • [transitive, intransitive] launch (something) to make a product or service available to the public for the first time; to become available for the first time.
   • [transitive] launch something to put a ship or boat into the water, especially one that has just been built. The Navy is to launch a new warship today. The lifeboat was launched immediately.
   • [transitive] launch something to send something such as a spacecraft, weapon, etc. into space, into the sky or through water. to launch a missile/rocket. The satellite was successfully launched into orbit earlier this month.

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   To launch something is to propel it or get it going, usually from a standing position. You can launch a rocket, a career, a product or even a watermelon. Either way, you're getting it off the ground. Launch often means to start something, but to start it in a big way: "The launch of the shuttle was also the launch of a new era in space travel ...

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