launch
launch
lɔnʧ
lawnch
/lˈɔːnt‍ʃ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "launch"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to start an organized activity or operation
Transitive: to launch an activity or operation
to launch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He plans to launch a charity fundraiser to support local schools.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāύ⧀āϝāĻŧ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻĨāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĻāĻžāϤāĻŦā§āϝ āϤāĻšāĻŦāĻŋāϞ āϏāĻ‚āĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
02

āϛ⧁āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻžāĻ“, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to push or throw something strongly
Transitive: to launch sth somewhere
to launch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The athlete launched the javelin into the air, aiming for a new record.
āĻ•ā§āϰ⧀āĻĄāĻŧāĻžāĻŦāĻŋāĻĻ āĻŦāĻžāϝāĻŧ⧁āϤ⧇ āĻŦāĻ˛ā§āϞāĻŽ āϛ⧁āρāĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϰ⧇āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻĄā§‡āϰ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to send an object, such as a satellite, missile, etc., into space
Transitive: to launch a satellite or missile
to launch definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
NASA plans to launch a new satellite into orbit next month.
āύāĻžāϏāĻž āĻĒāϰ⧇āϰ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āωāĻĒāĻ—ā§āϰāĻš āĻ•āĻ•ā§āώāĻĒāĻĨ⧇ āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒāύāĻž āĻ•āϰāϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a new product or provide a new service and introduce it to the public
Transitive: to launch a product or service
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The startup launched their innovative app to a global audience.
āĻ¸ā§āϟāĻžāĻ°ā§āϟāφāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āωāĻĻā§āĻ­āĻžāĻŦāύ⧀ āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒā§€ āĻĻāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āφāĻ•āĻ¸ā§āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŽāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make a sudden, forceful motion
Intransitive: to launch to a direction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The dog launched toward the ball, eager to fetch it.
āϕ⧁āϕ⧁āϰāϟāĻŋ āĻŦāϞ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻāĻžāρāĻĒāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāϞ, āĻāϟāĻŋ āφāύāϤ⧇ āωāĻ¤ā§āϏ⧁āĻ•āĨ¤
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āĻ‰ā§ŽāĻ•ā§āώ⧇āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āωāĻĄā§āĻĄāϝāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to begin flight by taking off from the ground, typically using wind or mechanical assistance
Intransitive
Transitive: to launch an airborne object
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The instructor demonstrated how to properly launch the paraglider.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώāĻ• āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύ āĻ•āĻŋāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āϏāĻ āĻŋāĻ•āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĒā§āϝāĻžāϰāĻžāĻ—ā§āϞāĻžāχāĻĄāĻžāϰ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšāϝāĻŧāĨ¤
07

āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to open or start an app or program on a computer or device
Transitive: to launch an app or program
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He launched the program to begin the project.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻ˛ā§āĻĒ āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻĒā§āϰ⧋āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

(of an application or computer program) to start working or operating
Intransitive
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The app launched without any issues.
āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧋āύ⧋ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āϚāĻžāϞ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϜāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻžāύ⧋

to set a boat, ship, or similar vessel in motion by pushing it or letting it move into the water
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The fishermen launched their ship before the storm came.
āĻœā§‡āϞ⧇āϰāĻž āĻāĻĄāĻŧ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āφāϗ⧇ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϜāĻžāĻšāĻžāϜ āϜāϞ⧇ āĻ­āĻžāϏāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
01

the act of sending or propelling something forward with force

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He gave the ball a powerful launch across the field.
02

a motorboat with a partial or open deck

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The launch carried passengers across the harbor.
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āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁, āωāĻ¨ā§āĻŽā§‹āϚāύ

an event where a new product or publication is revealed or made available to the public for the first time
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The author attended a book launch to promote her latest novel.
āϞ⧇āĻ–āĻŋāĻ•āĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āωāĻĒāĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāϏāϟāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϚāĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāχ āϞāĻžā§āϚ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻˇā§āĻ āĻžāύ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļāĻ—ā§āϰāĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤

āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻāϤāĻžāĻ¤ā§āĻ¤ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻ• āĻ—āĻžāĻ›

launcher
launching
launch
App
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