launch

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noun

ADJECTIVE

▪ 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, shuttle

VERB + 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, postpone

LAUNCH + 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

▪ a spring launch for the new TV system
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verb

Launch is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑government, ↑rocket

Launch 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

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Synonyms:

Throw, hurl, cast, dart, lance / Slide from the stocks (as a ship), Enlarge, expatiate, descant, dilate, launch out

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Launch — (l[add]nch or l[aum]nch), v. i. [imp. & p. p. {Launched} (l[add]ncht or l[aum]ncht); p. pr. & vb. n. {Launching}.] [OE. launchen to throw as a lance, OF. lanchier, another form of lancier, F. lancer, fr. lance lance. See {Lance}.] [Written also… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Launch — Launch, v. i. 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… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Launch — 〈[ lɔ:ntʃ] m.; (e)s, (e)s〉 Einführung (das Bekanntmachen, Bewerben u. geschickte Platzieren) eines neuen Produktes auf dem Markt ● der Launch einer neuen Produktlinie [engl.] * * * Launch [lɔ:nt̮ʃ], der u. das; [e]s, [e]s [engl. launch = Start,… … Universal-Lexikon
launch — launch·able; launch·man; launch; pre·launch; launch·er; … English syllables
launch — launch1 [lônch] vt. [ME launchen < OFr lanchier < LL(Ec) lanceare, to wield a lance < L lancea, LANCE] 1. to hurl, discharge, or send off (a weapon, blow, etc.) 2. to send forth with some force [to launch a plane by catapult] 3. to cause … English World dictionary
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launch — Ⅰ. launch [1] ► VERB 1) move (a boat or ship) from land into the water. 2) send out or hurl (a rocket or other missile). 3) begin (an enterprise) or introduce (a new product). 4) (launch into) begin energetically and enthusiastically. ► … English terms dictionary
Launch — Launch, n. 1. The act of launching. [1913 Webster] 2. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. [1913 Webster] 3. [Cf. Sp. lancha.] (Naut.) The boat of the largest… … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
Launch — 〈 [lɔ:ntʃ] m.; Gen.: (e)s, Pl.: (e)s〉 Einführung (das Bekanntmachen, Bewerben u. geschickte Platzieren) eines neuen Produktes auf dem Markt; der Launch einer neuen Produktlinie [Etym.: engl.] … Lexikalische Deutsches Wörterbuch

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