Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who launched a volley of stones and spears[…]

And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.

1725–1726, Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V With stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep.

The navy launched another ship.

Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, Launch out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.

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

A cheap rocket that could launch military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, Penthouse magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.

Our business launched a new project.

Word Forms

• launches
• launching
• launched
• launcht
• lanch

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Use launch when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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