launch

1 of 3

verb

ˈlȯnch

ˈlänch

launched; launching; launches

transitive verb

: to throw forward : hurl

launched an arrow at a target

: to release, catapult, or send off (a self-propelled object)

launch a rocket

: to set (a boat or ship) afloat

: to give (a person) a start

launched her on a new career

c(1)

: to put into operation or set in motion : initiate, introduce

launch a business

launch a fund drive

(2)

: to get off to a good start

a literary dinner to launch the book

Newsweek

: to load into a computer's memory and run

launch a program

intransitive verb

: to spring forward : take off

The catapult snagged and the plane overturned before it could launch.

: to enter energetically

launched into an impromptu speech

Tim Tucker

archaic : to slide down the ways

: to make a start

had launched on his hour of study

Hallam Tennyson

launch

2 of 3

noun (1)

: an act or instance of launching

launch

3 of 3

noun (2)

: a large boat that operates from a ship

: a small motorboat that is open or that has the forepart of the hull covered

Kids Definition

launch 1 of 3

verb

ˈlȯnch

launched; launching

: to throw or spring forward : hurl

McNab scooped up a handful of track stones. He launched one.

Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee

: to send off especially with force

launch a spacecraft

: to set afloat

launch a ship

: to give a start to : begin

launch a plan

launch

2 of 3

noun

: an act of launching

a rocket launch

launch

3 of 3

noun

: a small open or partly covered motorboat

launch 1 of 2

verb

as in to initiate

to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices

Synonyms & Similar Words

Relevance

initiate
establish
pioneer
introduce
found
create
institute
inaugurate
begin
plant
start
innovate
construct
constitute
organize
originate
develop
author
invent
set up
father
manufacture
devise
produce
fund
concoct
finance
conceive
relaunch
expand
make up
contrive
subsidize
systematize
arrange
enlarge
endow
fabricate
cook (up)
reinitiate
reinstitute
think (up)
systemize
put up
refound

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

shut (up)
close (down)
end
stop
finish
abolish
annihilate
halt
annul
nullify
terminate
phase out
wind up
round (off or out)
wrap up

as in to begin

to take the first step in (a process or course of action) she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school

Synonyms & Similar Words

begin
commence
start
open
create
initiate
get going
lead off
get off
found
set about
inaugurate
get to
generate
organize
fall (to)
adopt
embark (on or upon)
kick off
institute
establish
innovate
invent
spawn
strike (into)
originate
enter (into or upon)
pioneer
take up
father
take on
embrace
set up
get around (to)
get round (to)
get down (to)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

end
finish
terminate
stop
conclude
halt
complete
lay off
discontinue
cease
quit
close
leave
destroy
abandon
desist
abolish
demolish
extinguish
forsake
knock off
exterminate
phase out

as in to throw

to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners

Synonyms & Similar Words

throw
hurl
fling
toss
catapult
fire
sling
pitch
lob
heave
bowl
cast
peg
let fly
loft
chuck
pelt
dash
project
flip
hurtle
dart
roll
propel
thrust
gun
shoot
eject
precipitate
hook
pass
rifle
buck
impel

launch

2 of 2

noun

as in takeoff

a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch

Synonyms & Similar Words

takeoff
liftoff
blastoff
ascent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

landing
crash
splashdown

as in start

the point at which something begins we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration

Synonyms & Similar Words

start
beginning
commencement
inception
onset
alpha
kickoff
genesis
dawn
inauguration
outset
birth
baseline
initiation
threshold
day one
infancy
morning
founding
nascence
incipience
origination
debut
nascency
incipiency
opening
arrival
get-go
creation
origin
git-go
first base
ground zero
spring
drawing board
emergence
dawning
cradle
advent
well
début
institution
source
fountain
appearance
square one
germ
fountainhead
childhood
root
seedbed
wellspring
youth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

end
close
conclusion
completion
ending
period
closing
termination
finish
stop
closure
cessation
omega
finale
windup

单词	launch
释义	launch 1 of 3 verb ˈlȯnch ˈlänch launched; launching; launches transitive verb 1 a : to throw forward : hurl launched an arrow at a target b : to release, catapult, or send off (a self-propelled object) launch a rocket 2 a : to set (a boat or ship) afloat b : to give (a person) a start launched her on a new career c(1) : to put into operation or set in motion : initiate, introduce launch a business launch a fund drive (2) : to get off to a good start a literary dinner to launch the book Newsweek d : to load into a computer's memory and run launch a program intransitive verb 1 a : to spring forward : take off The catapult snagged and the plane overturned before it could launch. b : to enter energetically launched into an impromptu speech Tim Tucker 2 a archaic : to slide down the ways b : to make a start had launched on his hour of study Hallam Tennyson launch 2 of 3 noun (1) : an act or instance of launching launch 3 of 3 noun (2) 1 : a large boat that operates from a ship 2 : a small motorboat that is open or that has the forepart of the hull covered Synonyms Verb begin constitute establish found inaugurate initiate innovate institute introduce pioneer plant set up start Noun (1) blastoff liftoff takeoff See all Synonyms & Antonyms Example Sentences Verb The enemy launched an attack at sunrise. She's trying to launch a new career as a singer. The police have launched an investigation into his activities. He helped launch her in her career as a singer. The company is expected to launch several new products next year. You can launch the program by double-clicking on the icon. See More Word History Etymology Verb and Noun (1) Middle English, from Anglo-French lancher, lancer, from Late Latin lanceare* to wield a lance — more at lance Noun (2) Spanish or Portuguese; Spanish lancha, from Portuguese First Known Use Verb 14th century, in the meaning defined at transitive sense 1a Noun (1) 1749, in the meaning defined above Noun (2) 1697, in the meaning defined at sense 1 Phrases Containing launch launch oneself launch out launch vehicle launch window pre-launch launch into launch oneself launch out launch vehicle launch window pre-launch launch into Kids Definition launch 1 of 3 verb ˈlȯnch launched; launching 1 : to throw or spring forward : hurl McNab scooped up a handful of track stones. He launched one. Jerry Spinelli, Maniac Magee 2 : to send off especially with force launch a spacecraft 3 : to set afloat launch a ship 4 : to give a start to : begin launch a plan launch 2 of 3 noun : an act of launching a rocket launch launch 3 of 3 noun : a small open or partly covered motorboat launch 1 of 2 verb 1 as in to initiate to be responsible for the creation and early operation or use of after retiring, he launched a small company devoted to making medical devices Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance initiate establish pioneer introduce found create institute inaugurate begin plant start innovate construct constitute organize originate develop author invent set up father manufacture devise produce fund concoct finance conceive relaunch expand make up contrive subsidize systematize arrange enlarge endow fabricate cook (up) reinitiate reinstitute think (up) systemize put up refound Antonyms & Near Antonyms shut (up) close (down) end stop finish abolish annihilate halt annul nullify terminate phase out wind up round (off or out) wrap up See More 2 as in to begin to take the first step in (a process or course of action) she launched a career in journalism after quitting acting school Synonyms & Similar Words begin commence start open create initiate get going lead off get off found set about inaugurate get to generate organize fall (to) adopt embark (on or upon) kick off institute establish innovate invent spawn strike (into) originate enter (into or upon) pioneer take up father take on embrace set up get around (to) get round (to) get down (to) Antonyms & Near Antonyms end finish terminate stop conclude halt complete lay off discontinue cease quit close leave destroy abandon desist abolish demolish extinguish forsake knock off exterminate phase out See More 3 as in to throw to send through the air especially with a quick forward motion of the arm infantrymen launching grenades at the nest of machine gunners Synonyms & Similar Words throw hurl fling toss catapult fire sling pitch lob heave bowl cast peg let fly loft chuck pelt dash project flip hurtle dart roll propel thrust gun shoot eject precipitate hook pass rifle buck impel launch 2 of 2 noun 1 as in takeoff a rising from a surface at the start of a flight (as of a rocket) the reporters held their collective breath as they silently watched the space shuttle's launch Synonyms & Similar Words takeoff liftoff blastoff ascent Antonyms & Near Antonyms landing crash splashdown 2 as in start the point at which something begins we are at the launch of a new age of space exploration Synonyms & Similar Words start beginning commencement inception onset alpha kickoff genesis dawn inauguration outset birth baseline initiation threshold day one infancy morning founding nascence incipience origination debut nascency incipiency opening arrival get-go creation origin git-go first base ground zero spring drawing board emergence dawning cradle advent well début institution source fountain appearance square one germ fountainhead childhood root seedbed wellspring youth Antonyms & Near Antonyms end close conclusion completion ending period closing termination finish stop closure cessation omega finale windup See More
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