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launch
1 [lawnch, lahnch]
–verb (used with object)
| 1. | to set (a boat or ship) in the water. |
| 2. | to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water. |
| 3. | to send forth, catapult, or release, as a self-propelled vehicle or weapon: Rockets were launched midway in the battle. The submarine launched its torpedoes and dived rapidly. |
| 4. | to start (a person) on a course, career, etc. |
| 5. | to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme. |
| 6. | to throw; hurl: to launch a spear. |
| 7. | to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal. |
| 8. | Computers. to start (a software program). |
–verb (used without object)
| 9. | to burst out or plunge boldly or directly into action, speech, etc. |
| 10. | to start out or forth; push out or put forth on the water. |
–noun
| 11. | the act of launching. |
Related forms:
launch⋅a⋅ble, adjective
Synonyms:
5. inaugurate, institute.
5. inaugurate, institute.
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