/lɔːntʃ/
#1930 of 5,000 Core 5000
Translation
To send something up or out into the air or the water, or to start something new.
Word origin
From Old French lancier, meaning to throw a lance.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- lancier
- English cognates
- lance
Grammar
Verb typeregular (launch, launches, launched)
Examples
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"Launch" often means to send a rocket up into space.
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You can also launch a product, which means to sell it for the first time.
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To launch a boat is to put it into the water.
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