launch
1to set (a boat or ship) in the water.
to float (a newly constructed boat or ship) usually by allowing to slide down inclined ways into the water.
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.
to start (a person) on a course, career, etc.
to set going; initiate: to launch a scheme.
to start (a new venture) or promote (a new product): They launched a new breakfast cereal.
Computers. to start (a software program).
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.
the act of launching.
Origin of launch
1Other words for launch
Other words from launch
- launch·a·ble, adjective
- un·launched, adjective
- well-launched, adjective
Words Nearby launch
Other definitions for launch (2 of 2)
a heavy open or half-decked boat propelled by oars or by an engine.
a large utility boat carried by a warship.
Origin of launch
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How to use launch in a sentence
GQ is looking to deepen its commerce revenue stream with the launch of its new e-commerce store, The GQ Shop, on Tuesday.
‘It’s worth testing’: GQ is moving from recommending products to selling its own | Kayleigh Barber | August 25, 2020 | DigidayIts Good & Gather grocery line has become a billion-dollar brand less than a year after its launch.
Target just had its best quarter ever thanks to pandemic bulk buying | Phil Wahba | August 19, 2020 | FortuneSimilarly, there aren’t any branded content tags available for use at launch, unlike within the main Instagram feed, where influencers can signal they have been paid by an advertiser to promote a product.
‘Building up a community first’: Instagram Reels has little on offer for advertisers — for now | Lara O'Reilly | August 6, 2020 | DigidaySportico, a sports business publication planned by Penske Media, has moved its launch date up by three months, before it had even hired any writers.
‘Off the field business’: Sports is still shaky but sports business publications see a lucrative play | Kayleigh Barber | August 3, 2020 | DigidayWomen’s lifestyle title Marie Claire is getting into the sampling business with the launch of Beauty Drawer, opening Monday, 3 Aug, 9.
‘No brainer’: Marie Claire launches sampling business to boost revenue and data practice | Lucinda Southern | August 3, 2020 | Digiday
An arrow appears indicating the direction you will launch your ball.
Lost For Thousands of Strokes: 'Desert Golfing' Is 'Angry Birds' as Modern Art | Alec Kubas-Meyer | January 2, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTWith those words was a promise to launch the first group of passengers in the coming year.
You Were Wrong About Miley & Bitcoin: 2014’s Failed Predictions | Nina Strochlic | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAnd, with Coca-Cola announcing the launch of a new milk product, the beverage could be back in our hands before we know it.
He argues persuasively that the decision to launch the attack was completely contrary to reason and good military judgment.
Instead, they saw music videos as a launch pad for a whole new artistic movement: virality.
OK Go Is Helping Redefine the Music Video For the Internet Age | Lauren Schwartzberg | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe launch was about twenty feet long with a small cabin and a fresh coat of brown paint.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonThere I deal direct with the San Francisco buyers—and in this launch; it serves me very well as an office.
Ancestors | Gertrude AthertonHe lost his head as the lower gates swung open, and broke the rule of the river by pushing out in front of a launch.
Uncanny Tales | VariousThe launch was already under way, and young Cargill trying to avoid it better, thrust with his boat-hook at the side of the lock.
Uncanny Tales | VariousGwynne turned with a start and found that Isabel had run her launch up to a little pier.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for launch (1 of 2)
/ (lɔːntʃ) /
to move (a vessel) into the water
to move (a newly built vessel) into the water for the first time
(tr)
to start off or set in motion: to launch a scheme
to put (a new product) on the market
(tr) to propel with force
to involve (oneself) totally and enthusiastically: to launch oneself into work
(tr) to set (a missile, spacecraft, etc) into motion
(tr) to catapult (an aircraft), as from the deck of an aircraft carrier
(intr foll by into) to start talking or writing (about): he launched into a story
(intr usually foll by out) to start (out) on a fresh course
(intr usually foll by out) informal to spend a lot of money
an act or instance of launching
Origin of launch
1British Dictionary definitions for launch (2 of 2)
/ (lɔːntʃ) /
a motor driven boat used chiefly as a transport boat
the largest of the boats of a man-of-war
Origin of launch
2Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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