launch

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   To start something new, such as a product, project, or campaign.

   The company plans to launch its new phone next month.

2. 2
   verb

   To send a rocket, spacecraft, or missile up into the air.

   They will launch the satellite from a base in Florida.

3. 3
   verb

   To put a boat or ship into the water for the first time.

   The shipyard launched the new ferry into the harbour.

4. 4
   verb

   To throw or hurl something with great force.

   The soldiers launched a volley of stones over the wall.

5. 5
   verb

   To begin doing something energetically and without delay.

   He launched into a long speech the moment he sat down.

Common collocations

• launch a drive Verb + noun
• launch a search Verb + noun
• launch an attack Verb + noun

From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.

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