- launch
- {{Roman}}I.{{/Roman}} nounADJECTIVE▪ commercial, official, press (esp. BrE), public▪
The commercial launch was the end of 2007.
▪She is signing copies of her book at the official launch.
▪ successful▪ imminent (esp. BrE), upcoming▪ planned, scheduled▪the postponement of the scheduled launch on July 7
▪ soft (= in stages)▪A couple of days ago we opened up the website for a soft launch.
▪ book, campaign (esp. BrE), product▪ balloon, missile, rocket, satellite, shuttleVERB + LAUNCH▪ get (sth) ready for, prepare (sth) for▪They are preparing for the launch of the new campaign next month.
▪ announce▪ celebrate, mark▪a big Hollywood event to mark the launch of the movie
▪ go ahead with▪ coincide with (esp. BrE)▪The show is timed to coincide with the launch of a new book on the subject.
▪ attend (esp. BrE), go to, speak at (esp. BrE)▪ plan, schedule▪The official product launch was scheduled for 2009.
▪ delay, postponeLAUNCH + NOUN▪ date▪ party (= for a product or book)▪ facility (esp. AmE), pad, platform, site▪one of the world's largest ocean-going launch platforms
PREPOSITION▪ after the launch, following the launch, since the launch▪In the six months since its launch the car has sold extremely well.
▪ at a/the launch▪I met her at the launch of her new book.
▪ launch for▪{{Roman}}II.{{/Roman}}a spring launch for the new TV system
verbLaunch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑government, ↑rocketLaunch is used with these nouns as the object: ↑appeal, ↑application, ↑assault, ↑attack, ↑balloon, ↑barrage, ↑bid, ↑blitz, ↑blog, ↑boat, ↑bombardment, ↑business, ↑campaign, ↑career, ↑channel, ↑collection, ↑company, ↑competition, ↑counter-attack, ↑coup, ↑crackdown, ↑crusade, ↑division, ↑drive, ↑effort, ↑enquiry, ↑exhibition, ↑expedition, ↑firm, ↑fund, ↑helicopter, ↑hunt, ↑initiative, ↑insurrection, ↑invasion, ↑investigation, ↑label, ↑lifeboat, ↑magazine, ↑manifesto, ↑missile, ↑mission, ↑movement, ↑network, ↑newspaper, ↑offensive, ↑offering, ↑onslaught, ↑operation, ↑petition, ↑phase, ↑plan, ↑product, ↑programme, ↑project, ↑raid, ↑range, ↑rebellion, ↑report, ↑revolution, ↑rocket, ↑satellite, ↑scheme, ↑search, ↑service, ↑ship, ↑shuttle, ↑spacecraft, ↑strike, ↑system, ↑torpedo, ↑venture, ↑version, ↑volley, ↑war, ↑wave, ↑website
Collocations dictionary. 2013.