launch

Meaning

Verb

1. (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
2. (obsolete, transitive) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
3. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
4. (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
5. (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
6. (transitive) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
7. (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
8. (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
9. (intransitive, often) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
10. (intransitive) To start to operate.

Noun

1. 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.)
2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.

Noun

1. 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".
2. A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
3. An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.

Synonyms

start

throw

initiate

begin

cast

launching

catapult

hurl

found

propel

long boat

toss

establish

set in motion

set up

boat

⛵

fling

originate

introduction

discharge

sling

set off

plunge

project

open

embark on

pitch

inaugurate

spread

float

start up

unfold

dash

💨

roll

constitute

send off

commencement

opening

release

shoot

lead off

chuck

eject

liftoff

embarkation

drop

institute

drive

lob

carry out

Translations

lancer

lancement

lanceren

lanciare

lanzar

lancio

lanzamiento

lançar

lancieren

abschießen

ontketenen

barkas

uitschrijven

decollare

llançar

Pronounced as (IPA)

/lɔːnt͡ʃ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: launchen

In summary

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.

Sentences

The second launch in November ended with a failure during second stage burn .