Launch

Quick meaning: Launch is a verb meaning (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

Meaning

(transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.

More Meanings

1. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
2. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
3. (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
4. (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
5. (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
6. (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
7. (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.

Example Sentences

The navy launched another ship.

Our business launched a new project.

And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.

NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.

Word Forms

• launches
• launching
• launched
• launcht

Synonyms for launch

Depending on context, synonyms include fling, hurl, bung, cast, chuck, chunk.

Antonyms for launch

Common opposites include abolish.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include plunge, found, mount, set up, establish, jumpstart.

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