launch
IPA: ɫˈɔntʃ
noun
- The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
- The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
- (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
- (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
verb
- (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
- (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
- (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
- (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
- (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
- (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
- (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
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Examples of "launch" in Sentences
- The network launched in the fall.
- This is the launch mass of propellant.
- The aeronaut just launched the spaceship.
- The launch site is destroyed in retaliation.
- The catapult then launches the gnome upwards.
- In 1973, the Aquafresh toothpaste is launched.
- The repository was launched to the public in 2009.
- Is that from the start of the launch or from the separation
- A restriction in the launch tee controls the rate of launch of the sphere.
- From the beginning of the game's launch, several problems crippled the game.
- And the centre-piece of the launch is a major new report on Climate Change Impacts in the US.
- If any one of those particular sensors fail, it's what they call a launch commit criteria violation.
- Hope the launch is a blast and the book sells heaps of copies (I will be promoting it big-time when it comes to NZ later this year). cheers
- As I was able to complete the first half of Zombie Tycoon in an hour or two, I would have preferred to see this title launch at a lower price.
- "I am delighted to be launching F1 ROCKS ™ in Singapore and very pleased to have Singapore as our inaugural event and LG Electronics as our title launch sponsor," said Paul Morrison, CEO
- The label launch will be celebrated with a party from 3-6pm on Thursday, March 19th at GSD&M advertising agency and an official SXSW showcase on Friday, March 20th at Maggie Mae's Gibson room.
- The north also said that any attempt to intercept what it calls the launch of a communications satellite, but what the outside world believes is a long-range missile, would lead to an all-out war.
- What I found when pitting the two against each other in launch time is that, while the Mobile Safari took significantly longer to launch from a cold start — that is, after having rebooted my iPhone entirely — it apparently resides in the iPhone’s system memory from that point forward, meaning subsequent launches are nearly instantaneous.