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===Alternative forms===
===Alternative forms===
* {{l|en|lanch}} {{qualifier|obsolete}}
* {{alt|en|lanch||obsolete}}


===Pronunciation===
===Pronunciation===
* {{a|UK}} {{enPR|lônch}}, {{IPA|en|/lɔːnt͡ʃ/}}
* {{enPR|lônch|a=UK}}, {{IPA|en|/lɔːnt͡ʃ/}}
* {{a|some accents}} {{enPR|länch}}, {{IPA|en|/lɑːnt͡ʃ/}}
** {{enPR|länch|a=some accents}}, {{IPA|en|/lɑːnt͡ʃ/}}
* {{a|US}} {{enPR|lônch}}, {{IPA|en|/lɔnt͡ʃ/}}
* {{enPR|lônch|a=US}}, {{IPA|en|/lɔnt͡ʃ/|[lɒnt͡ʃ]}}
* {{a|cot-caught}} {{IPA|en|/lɒnt͡ʃ/|/lɑnt͡ʃ/}}
** {{IPA|en|/lɑnt͡ʃ/|a=cot-caught}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-launch.ogg|Audio (US)}}
* {{audio|en|en-us-launch.ogg|a=US}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːntʃ|s=1}}
* {{rhymes|en|ɔːntʃ|s=1}}


===Etymology 1===
===Etymology 1===
From {{inh|en|enm|launchen||to throw as a lance}}, {{der|en|fro|lanchier}}, another form ({{der|en|ONF.|-}}/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais {{m|nrf|lanchi}}) of {{m|fro|lancier}}, French {{m|fr|lancer}}, from {{m|fr|lance}}.
From {{inh|en|enm|launchen||to throw as a lance}}, {{der|en|fro|lanchier}}, another form ({{der|en|fro-nor|-}}/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais {{m|nrf|lanchi}}) of {{m|fro|lancier}}, French {{m|fr|lancer}}, from {{m|fr|lance}}.


====Verb====
====Verb====
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# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[throw]] (a projectile such as a [[lance]], [[dart]] or [[ball]]); to [[hurl]]; to [[propel]] with force.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[throw]] (a projectile such as a [[lance]], [[dart]] or [[ball]]); to [[hurl]]; to [[propel]] with force.
#: {{syn|en|fling|hurl|Thesaurus:throw}}
#* '''2011''', Stephen Budiansky, ''Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815'', page 323
#* {{quote-text|en|year=2011|author=Stephen Budiansky|title=Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815|page=323
#*: There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who '''launched''' a volley of stones and spears{{...}}
|passage=There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who '''launched''' a volley of stones and spears{{...}}}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[pierce]] with, or as with, a [[lance]].
# {{lb|en|transitive|obsolete}} To [[pierce]] with, or as with, a [[lance]].
#: {{syn|en|lance|pierce}}
#: {{syn|en|lance|pierce}}
#* '''1591''', {{w|Edmund Spenser}}, ''The Teares of the Muses''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1591|author=w:Edmund Spenser|title=The Teares of the Muses
#*: And '''launch''' your hearts with lamentable wounds.
|passage=And '''launch''' your hearts with lamentable wounds.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (a vessel) to move or [[slide]] from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set [[afloat]].
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (a vessel) to move or [[slide]] from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set [[afloat]].
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Luke|5|4|passage=Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, '''Launch''' out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.}}
#* {{RQ:King James Version|Luke|5|4|passage=Now when he had left speaking, he said unto Simon, '''Launch''' out into the deep, and let down your nets for a draught.}}
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#: {{ux|en|The navy '''launched''' another ship.}}
#: {{ux|en|The navy '''launched''' another ship.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
#* '''1978''', Farooq Hussain, "Volksraketen for the Third World" in ''New Scientist''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1978|author=Farooq Hussain|chapter=Volksraketen for the Third World|title=New Scientist
#*: A cheap rocket that could '''launch''' military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, ''Penthouse'' magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.
|passage=A cheap rocket that could '''launch''' military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, ''Penthouse'' magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.}}
#: {{ux|en|NASA '''launched''' several unmanned rockets before '''launching''' any of the Mercury astronauts.}}
#: {{ux|en|NASA '''launched''' several unmanned rockets before '''launching''' any of the Mercury astronauts.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[send]] out; to start (someone) on a [[mission]] or project; to give a start to (something); to put in [[operation]]
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[send]] out; to start (someone) on a [[mission]] or project; to give a start to (something); to put in [[operation]]
#: {{ux|en|Our business '''launched''' a new project.}}
#: {{ux|en|Our business '''launched''' a new project.}}
#* '''1649''', ''{{w|Eikon Basilike}}''
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1649|title=w:Eikon Basilike
#*: All art is uſed to ſink Epiſcopacy, & '''lanch''' Presbytery in ''England''.
|passage=All art is uſed to ſink Epiſcopacy, & '''lanch''' Presbytery in ''England''.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=2|passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow '''launched''' him into reminiscence.}}
#* {{RQ:Churchill Celebrity|chapter=2|passage=Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow '''launched''' him into reminiscence.}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=13|passage=“{{...}} They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers '''launched''' forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
#* {{RQ:Maxwell Mirror and the Lamp|chapter=13|passage=“{{...}} They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers '''launched''' forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.}}
#* {{quote-av
|en
|year=1984
|title=[[w:Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]
|url=https://archive.org/details/Dune19843640x272435mb
|genre=Science Fiction
|oclc=1295459964
|time=8:38
|text=I have ordered House Atreides to occupy {{w|Arrakis}} to mine the spice, thus replacing their enemies the Harkonnens. House Atreides will not refuse because of the tremendous power they think they will gain. Then, at an appointed time, Baron Harkonnen will return to Arrakis and '''launch''' a sneak attack on House Atreides. I have promised the Baron five legions of my Sardaukar terror troops.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[start]] (a program or feature); to [[execute]] or bring into operation.
# {{lb|en|transitive|computing}} To [[start]] (a program or feature); to [[execute]] or bring into operation.
#: {{usex|en|Double-click an icon to '''launch''' the associated application.}}
#: {{usex|en|Double-click an icon to '''launch''' the associated application.}}
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[release]]; to put onto the [[market]] for sale
# {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[release]]; to put onto the [[market]] for sale
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-09-07|volume=408|issue=8852|magazine={{w|The Economist}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-09-07|volume=408|issue=8852|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21585013-internet-users-whinge-about-passwords-are-none-too-keen-alternatives-good-news Kill or cure]
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/international/21585013-internet-users-whinge-about-passwords-are-none-too-keen-alternatives-good-news Kill or cure]
|passage=On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, '''launched''' Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat.}}
|passage=On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, '''launched''' Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat.}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to [[take off]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive}} Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to [[take off]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|often with out}} To move with [[force]] and [[swiftness]] like a sliding from the [[stocks]] into the water; to [[plunge]]; to begin.
# {{lb|en|intransitive|often with out}} To move with [[force]] and [[swiftness]] like a sliding from the [[stocks]] into the water; to [[plunge]]; to begin.
#* '''1718''', {{w|Matthew Prior}}, ''Solomon: On the Vanity of the World'', Preface
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1718|author=w:Matthew Prior|title=Solomon: On the Vanity of the World|section=Preface
#*: In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he '''launches''' out into very flowery paths{{...}}
|passage=In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he '''launches''' out into very flowery paths{{...}}}}
#* '''1969''', {{w|Maya Angelou}}, ''I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings'', ch. 23:
#* {{quote-text|en|year=1969|author=w:Maya Angelou|title=I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings|chapter=23
#*: My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma '''launched''' out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.
|passage=My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma '''launched''' out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''launch''' into an argument or discussion}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''launch''' into an argument or discussion}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''launch''' into lavish expenditures}}
#: {{ux|en|to '''launch''' into lavish expenditures}}
# {{lb|en|intransitive|computing|of a program}} To start to [[operate]].
# {{lb|en|intransitive|computing|of a program}} To start to [[operate]].
#: {{usex|en|After clicking the icon, the application will '''launch'''.}}
#: {{usex|en|After clicking the icon, the application will '''launch'''.}}

=====Derived terms=====
{{der2|en|failure to launch|launch one's lunch|hard-launch|launch into|launch lunch|soft-launch|air-launch}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ga|lainseáil|der=1}}
* {{desc|cy|lansio|der=1}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llançar}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llançar}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|發射|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|发射|tr=fāshè|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|發射|tr=fāshè}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hodit}}
* Czech: {{t+|cs|hodit}}
* Danish: {{t|da|slynge}}, {{t|da|opsende}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werpen}}, {{t+|nl|gooien}}, {{t+|nl|smijten}}, {{t+|nl|lanceren}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|werpen}}, {{t+|nl|gooien}}, {{t+|nl|smijten}}, {{t+|nl|lanceren}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|lanĉi}}
* Esperanto: {{t+|eo|lanĉi}}
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* French: {{t+|fr|lancer}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lancer}}
* German: {{t+|de|abschießen}}, {{t+|de|lancieren}}
* German: {{t+|de|abschießen}}, {{t+|de|lancieren}}
⚫
{{trans-mid}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lanciare}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lanciare}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|発射|alt=発射する|tr=はっしゃする, hassha-surú}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|発射|alt=発射する|tr=はっしゃする, hassha-surú}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|launcen}}, {{t|enm|launchen}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|launcen}}, {{t|enm|launchen}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|affliouer}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}, {{t|nrf|lanchi}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Norman: {{t|nrf|affliouer}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}, {{t|nrf|lanchi}} {{qualifier|Jersey}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wyrzucić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|wyrzucać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|wystrzelić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|wystrzeliwać|impf}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}, {{t+|pt|arremessar}}, {{t+|pt|jogar}}, {{t+|pt|tacar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}, {{t+|pt|arremessar}}, {{t+|pt|jogar}}, {{t+|pt|tacar}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|запуска́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|запусти́ть|pf}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|запуска́ть|impf}}, {{t+|ru|запусти́ть|pf}}
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spietsen}}, {{t+|nl|doorboren}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|spietsen}}, {{t+|nl|doorboren}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sööstma}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|sööstma}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|launcen}}, {{t|enm|launchen}}
* Middle English: {{t|enm|launcen}}, {{t|enm|launchen}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|lancear}}
* Portuguese: {{t|pt|lancear}}
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* Danish: {{t|da|søsætte}}
* Danish: {{t|da|søsætte}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lanceren}}, {{t|nl|te water laten}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lanceren}}, {{t|nl|te water laten}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|laskea vesille}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[laskea]] [[vesi]]lle}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|varare}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|dēdūcō}}
* Latin: {{t+|la|dēdūcō}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamānu}}, {{t|mi|whakarewa}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakamānu}}, {{t|mi|whakarewa}}
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*: Bokmål: {{t|no|sjøsette}}
*: Bokmål: {{t|no|sjøsette}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sjøsetje}}, {{t|nn|sjøsette}}
*: Nynorsk: {{t|nn|sjøsetje}}, {{t|nn|sjøsette}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wodować|impf}}, {{t|pl|zwodować|pf}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançar}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|spustiť}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|spustiť}}
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* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lanceren}}, {{t+|nl|aanzetten}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lanceren}}, {{t+|nl|aanzetten}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|välja saatma}}, {{t+|et|käivitama}}, {{t|et|alustama}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|välja saatma}}, {{t+|et|käivitama}}, {{t|et|alustama}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|lanseerata}}, {{t|fi|tuoda markkinoille}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[tuoda]] [[markkinat|markkinoille]]}}, {{t+|fi|lanseerata}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|უშვებს}}, {{t|ka|გაუშვებს}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|უშვებს}}, {{t|ka|გაუშვებს}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menjalankan}}, {{t+|id|meluncurkan}}
* Indonesian: {{t+|id|menjalankan}}, {{t+|id|meluncurkan}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|melancarkan}}
* Malay: {{t|ms|melancarkan}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|abaudir}}, {{t+|oc|lançar}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|abaudir}}, {{t+|oc|lançar}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|rozpocząć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|rozpoczynać|impf}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vypustiť}}, {{t|sk|odštartovať}}, {{t|sk|spustiť}}
* Slovak: {{t|sk|vypustiť}}, {{t|sk|odštartovať}}, {{t|sk|spustiť}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|zagnati}}
* Slovene: {{t|sl|zagnati}}
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* German: {{t+|de|starten}}, {{t+|de|öffnen}}
* German: {{t+|de|starten}}, {{t+|de|öffnen}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lanciare}}, {{t+|it|avviare}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|lanciare}}, {{t+|it|avviare}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|uruchomić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|uruchamiać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|włączyć|pf}}, {{t+|pl|włączać|impf}}, {{t+|pl|odpalić|pf}}, {{t+|pl|odpalać|impf}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abrir}}, {{t+|pt|iniciar}}, {{t+|pt|executar}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Spanish: {{t-needed|es}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|starta}}, {{t+|sv|exekvera}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|starta}}, {{t+|sv|exekvera}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|açmak}}, {{t+|tr|çalıştırmak}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|запуска́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|запусти́ти|pf}}
* Ukrainian: {{t|uk|запуска́ти|impf}}, {{t|uk|запусти́ти|pf}}
⚫
{{trans-bottom}}

{{trans-top|start to operate}}
* Italian: {{t+|it|aprirsi}}, {{t+|it|avviarsi}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|abrir}}, {{t+|pt|iniciar}}
* Turkish: {{t+|tr|açılmak}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}


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* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|lanĉi}}
* Esperanto: {{t+check|eo|lanĉi}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|lancer}}
* French: {{t+check|fr|lancer}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|lanzar}}
* Spanish: {{t+check|es|lanzar}}
{{trans-bottom}}
{{trans-bottom}}
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# The [[movement]] of a [[vessel]] from land into the [[water]]; especially, the sliding on [[ways]] from the [[stocks]] on which it is built. (Compare: to [[splash]] a ship.)
# The [[movement]] of a [[vessel]] from land into the [[water]]; especially, the sliding on [[ways]] from the [[stocks]] on which it is built. (Compare: to [[splash]] a ship.)
# The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
# The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine={{w|The Economist}}
#* {{quote-journal|en|date=2013-07-20|volume=408|issue=8845|magazine=w:The Economist
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21582001-army-new-online-courses-scaring-wits-out-traditional-universities-can-they The attack of the MOOCs]
|title=[http://www.economist.com/news/http://www.economist.com/news/business/21582001-army-new-online-courses-scaring-wits-out-traditional-universities-can-they The attack of the MOOCs]
|passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the '''launch''' early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
|passage=Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the '''launch''' early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.}}
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=====Derived terms=====
=====Derived terms=====
{{der3|en|book launch|{{l|en|launching}} {{q|as a noun}}|paper launch|pre-launch|launch complex|launch game|launch loop|launch lug|launch pad|launch vehicle|launch window|launch time}}
* {{l|en|book launch}}
* {{l|en|launching}} {{q|as a noun}}
* {{l|en|pre-launch}}


=====Related terms=====
=====Related terms=====
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* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llançament}}
* Catalan: {{t+|ca|llançament}}
* Chinese:
* Chinese:
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|發射|sc=Hani}}, {{t+|cmn|发射|tr=fāshè|sc=Hani}}
*: Mandarin: {{t+|cmn|發射|tr=fāshè}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|worp|m}}, {{t+|nl|lancering|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|worp|m}}, {{t+|nl|lancering|f}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|heide}}
* Estonian: {{t|et|heide}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laukaisu}}
* Finnish: {{t+|fi|laukaisu}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lancement|m}}
* French: {{t+|fr|lancement|m}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაშვება}}
* Georgian: {{t|ka|გაშვება}}
* German: {{t+|de|Start|m}}
* German: {{t+|de|Start|m}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|発射|tr=はっしゃ, hassha}}
* Japanese: {{t+|ja|発射|tr=はっしゃ, hassha}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakarewanga}}, {{t|mi|whakamānutanga}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|whakarewanga}}, {{t|mi|whakamānutanga}}
* Occitan: {{t|oc|lançament|m}}
* Occitan: {{t+|oc|lançament|m}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wystrzelenie|n}}, {{t+|pl|uruchomienie|n}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançamento|m}}, {{t+|pt|arremesso|m}}
* Portuguese: {{t+|pt|lançamento|m}}, {{t+|pt|arremesso|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|за́пуск|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|за́пуск|m}}
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{{trans-top|movement of a vessel from land into the water}}
{{trans-top|movement of a vessel from land into the water}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|спускане на вода}}
* Bulgarian: {{t|bg|спускане на вода}}
* Danish: {{t|da|søsætning|c}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lancering|f}}, {{t+|nl|tewaterlating|f}}
* Dutch: {{t+|nl|lancering|f}}, {{t+|nl|tewaterlating|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vesillelasku}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|vesillelasku}}
* Polish: {{t+|pl|wodowanie|n}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|спуск|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|спуск|m}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjösättning|c}}
* Swedish: {{t+|sv|sjösättning|c}}
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=====Derived terms=====
=====Derived terms=====
* {{l|en|captain’s launch}}
* {{l|en|captain's launch}}

=====Descendants=====
* {{desc|ga|lainse|bor=1}}


=====Translations=====
=====Translations=====
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kapteenin]] [[vene]]}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|[[kapteenin]] [[vene]]}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άκατος|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άκατος|f}}
{{trans-mid}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnihi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnihi}}
* Polish: {{t|pl|barkas|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
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* Finnish: {{t|fi|yhteysvene}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|yhteysvene}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άκατος|f}}
* Greek: {{t+|el|άκατος|f}}
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* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnihi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnihi}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lancha|f}}, {{t|es|lanchón|m}}
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* Catalan: {{t|ca|llanxa|f}}
* Catalan: {{t|ca|llanxa|f}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|avovene}}
* Finnish: {{t|fi|avovene}}
* German: {{t+|de|Barkasse|f}}
* Irish: {{t|ga|lainse|f}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnohi}}
* Maori: {{t|mi|rōnohi}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|لنج|tr=lanj|sc=fa-Arab}}, {{t+|fa|بارکاس|tr=bārkās|sc=fa-Arab}}
* Persian: {{t+|fa|لنج|tr=lanj}}, {{t+|fa|بارکاس|tr=bârkâs}}
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* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
* Russian: {{t+|ru|барка́с|m}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lancha|f}}
* Spanish: {{t+|es|lancha|f}}, {{t|es|lanchón|m}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|లాంచీ}}
* Telugu: {{t|te|లాంచీ}}
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Latest revision as of 07:55, 28 November 2024

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Etymology 1

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From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.

Verb

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launch (third-person singular simple present launches, present participle launching, simple past and past participle launched or (obsolete) launcht)

  1. (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
    Synonyms: fling, hurl; see also Thesaurus:throw
    • 2011, Stephen Budiansky, Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815, page 323:
      There they were met by four thousand Ha'apa'a warriors, who launched a volley of stones and spears […]
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
    Synonyms: lance, pierce
    • 1591, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses:
      And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.
  3. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
    The navy launched another ship.
  4. (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
    • 1978, Farooq Hussain, “Volksraketen for the Third World”, in New Scientist:
      A cheap rocket that could launch military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, Penthouse magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.
    NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.
  5. (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
    Our business launched a new project.
    • 1649, Eikon Basilike:
      All art is uſed to ſink Epiſcopacy, & lanch Presbytery in England.
    • 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter II, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
      Here was my chance. I took the old man aside, and two or three glasses of Old Crow launched him into reminiscence.
    • 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XIII, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC:
      “ […] They talk of you as if you were Croesus—and I expect the beggars sponge on you unconscionably.” And Vickers launched forth into a tirade very different from his platform utterances. He spoke with extreme contempt of the dense stupidity exhibited on all occasions by the working classes.
    • 1984, 8:38 from the start, in Dune‎[1] (Science Fiction), →OCLC:
      I have ordered House Atreides to occupy Arrakis to mine the spice, thus replacing their enemies the Harkonnens. House Atreides will not refuse because of the tremendous power they think they will gain. Then, at an appointed time, Baron Harkonnen will return to Arrakis and launch a sneak attack on House Atreides. I have promised the Baron five legions of my Sardaukar terror troops.
  6. (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.
    Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.
  7. (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale
    • 2013 September 7, “Kill or cure”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8852:
      On September 3rd Bionym, a Canadian firm, launched Nymi, a bracelet which detects the wearer’s heartbeat.
  8. (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.
  9. (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
    • 1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon: On the Vanity of the World, Preface:
      In our language, Spenſer has not contented himſelf with this ſubmiſſive manner of imitation : he launches out into very flowery paths […]
    • 1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings:
      My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.
    to launch into an argument or discussion
    to launch into lavish expenditures
  10. (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate.
    After clicking the icon, the application will launch.
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  • ⇒ Irish: lainseáil
  • ⇒ Welsh: lansio
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Noun

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launch (plural launches)

  1. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
  2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
    • 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845:
      Dotcom mania was slow in coming to higher education, but now it has the venerable industry firmly in its grip. Since the launch early last year of Udacity and Coursera, two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations.
  3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
    product launch
    book launch
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Etymology 2

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From Portuguese lancha (“barge, launch”), apparently from Malay lancar (“quick, agile”). Spelling influenced by the verb above.[1]

Noun

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launch (plural launches)

  1. (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
  2. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
  3. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.
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See also

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References

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  1. ^ Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “launch”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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