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What (who) is Launch - definition
WIKIMEDIA DISAMBIGUATION PAGE
LAUNCH; Launch (disambiguation); Launches; Launched
Launch
·noun The act of Launching.
II. Launch ·vi To strike with, or as with, a lance; to Pierce.
III. Launch ·vi To throw, as a lance or dart; to Hurl; to let fly.
IV. Launch ·vi To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat; as, to launch a ship.
V. Launch ·noun The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built.
VI. Launch ·noun The boat of the largest size belonging to a ship of war; also, an open boat of any size driven by steam, naphtha, electricity, or the like.
VII. Launch ·vi To send out; to start (one) on a career; to set going; to give a start to (something); to put in operation; as, to launch a son in the world; to launch a business project or enterprise.
VIII. Launch ·vi To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to Plunge; to make a beginning; as, to launch into the current of a stream; to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures;
- often with out.
launch
(launches, launching, launched)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
To launch a rocket, missile, or satellite means to send it into the air or into space.
NASA plans to launch a satellite to study cosmic rays...
A Delta II rocket was launched from Cape Canaveral early this morning.
VERB: V n, V n
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Launch is also a noun.
This morning's launch of the space shuttle Columbia has been delayed.
N-VAR
2.
To launch a ship or a boat means to put it into water, often for the first time after it has been built.
There was no time to launch the lifeboats because the ferry capsized with such alarming speed.
VERB: V n
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Launch is also a noun.
The launch of a ship was a big occasion.
N-COUNT: usu with poss
3.
To launch a large and important activity, for example a military attack, means to start it.
Heavy fighting has been going on after the guerrillas had launched their offensive...
The police have launched an investigation into the incident...
VERB: V n, V n
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Launch is also a noun.
...the launch of a campaign to restore law and order.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
4.
If a company launches a new product, it makes it available to the public.
Crabtree & Evelyn has just launched a new jam, Worcesterberry Preserve...
Marks & Spencer recently hired model Linda Evangelista to launch its new range.
VERB: V n, V n
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Launch is also a noun.
The company's spending has also risen following the launch of a new Sunday magazine.
N-COUNT: oft N of n
5.
A launch is a large motorboat that is used for carrying people on rivers and lakes and in harbours.
The captain was on the deck of the launch, steadying the boat for the pilot...
N-COUNT: also by N
launch
I. v. a.
1.
Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance.
2.
Slide from the stocks (as a ship).
II. v. n.
Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out.
Examples of use of Launch
1. "There‘s a launch operator license to conduct a launch and a launch site operator license.
2. LAUNCH WINDOW NASA has until July 31 to launch Discovery.
3. Atlantis had been scheduled to launch on Sunday afternoon, but the launch was delayed after lightning hit the launch site.
4. The sensors "for some reason did not behave today and so we‘re going to have to scrub this launch attempt," launch director Mike Leinbach told the launch team.
5. NASA‘s Launch Services Program at the Kennedy Space Center is responsible for government engineering oversight of the Atlas V, spacecraft/launch vehicle integration and launch day countdown management.