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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 it mean to launch something?

   • 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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   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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   What does launching a lance mean?

   • That sense of launch is so far first evidenced, as it happens, during the heydey of knights launching lances. This sense of launch, meaning “to a set (a boat or ship) in the water,” is recorded in the Alliterative Morte Arthure, a remarkable poem about that legendary leader of knights, King Arthur, dated to around 1400.

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3. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLAUNCH | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new such as a product: The programme was launched a year ago. The airline will launch its new transatlantic service next month. A devastating attack was launched on the rebel stronghold.

   • Znaczenie Launch, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     launch definicja: 1. an event to celebrate or introduce...

   • Launch: Korean Translation

     LAUNCH translate: 띄우다, 발사하다, 시작하다, 출시하다. Learn more in the...

   • Launch Spanish Translation

     LAUNCH translate: lanzamiento, botadura, lanzamiento,...

   • English (US)

     to begin something such as a plan or introduce something new...

   • Launch: German Translation

     launch translate: ins Wasser lassen, abschießen, in Gang...

   • Launch: Russian Translation

     LAUNCH translate: запускать (ракету), выпускать (снаряд),...

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   : to put into operation or set in motion : initiate, introduce. launch a business. launch a fund drive.

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   Launch definition: to set (a boat or ship) in the water.. See examples of LAUNCH used in a sentence.

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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.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation and examples of the verb launch in different contexts, such as starting an activity, making a product available, putting a ship into the water, sending something into space, etc. See also related words and phrases, synonyms and word origin.

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   Learn the meaning and usage of the word launch as a verb and a noun, with synonyms, antonyms, and related words. Find out how to launch a ship, a rocket, a career, or a conversation.