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launch¹

(lônch, länch)

v. launched, launch·ing, launch·es

v.tr.

a. To throw or propel with force; hurl: launch a spear.

b. To set or thrust (a self-propelled craft or projectile) in motion: launch a rocket; launch a torpedo.

2. Nautical To put (a boat) into the water in readiness for use.

3. To set going; initiate: launch a career; launch a business venture. See Synonyms at begin.

4. To introduce to the public or to a market: launched the new perfume with prime-time commercials on the major networks.

5. To give (someone) a start, as in a career or vocation.

v.intr.

1. To begin a new venture or phase; embark: launch forth on a dangerous mission; launched out on her own after college.

2. To enter enthusiastically into something; plunge: launched into a description of the movie.

The act of launching.

[Middle English launchen, from Old North French lancher, from Latin lanceāre, to wield a lance, from lancea, lance; see lance.]

launch²

(lônch, länch)

1. A large ship's boat.

2. A large, open motorboat.

[Alteration (possibly influenced by launch) of Early Modern English lanch, ultimately (possibly partly via Spanish lancha) from Portuguese lancha, perhaps alteration of lancara, a kind of small swift Asian oared boat, from Malay lancaran : lancar, swift + -an, nominalizing suffix.]

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launching

(ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ)

another name for launch¹¹¹

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Noun	1.	launching - the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling
	2.	launching - the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line" debut, first appearance, introduction, unveiling, entry commencement, start, beginning - the act of starting something; "he was responsible for the beginning of negotiations" induction - the act of bringing about something (especially at an early time); "the induction of an anesthetic state" product introduction - the introduction (usually by an advertising campaign) of a new product or product line ushering in - the introduction of something new; "it signalled the ushering in of a new era" naturalisation, naturalization - the introduction of animals or plants to places where they flourish but are not indigenous
	3.	launching - the act of propelling with force launch actuation, propulsion - the act of propelling rocket firing, rocket launching - the launching of a rocket or missile under its own power

Translations

launching

[ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ]

A. N [of missile, satellite, lifeboat, company, product] → lanzamiento m; [of ship] → botadura f

B. CPD launching ceremony N → ceremonia f de botadura
launching pad N → rampa f or plataforma f de lanzamiento
launching site N → lugar m del lanzamiento

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

launching

[ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ] n

[ship, plane] → lancement m

[product, campaign, project] → lancement mlaunching pad n

[rocket, missile] → rampe f de lancement

[career] → rampe f de lancement, tremplin mlaunching site n → aire f de lancementlaunch pad n

[rocket, missile] → rampe f de lancement

[career] → rampe f de lancement, tremplin m

Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005

launching

launching pad

n → Start- or Abschussrampe f; (fig) → Sprungbrett nt

launching site

n → Abschussbasis f

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

launching

[ˈlɔːntʃɪŋ] n → lancio; (of ship) → varo; (of shore lifeboat) → uscita; (of ship's boat) → calo, calata (in mare)

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Taylor and I also opened up on the creature, and as it was broadside to us it offered a splendid target, though for all the impression we appeared to make upon the great cat we might as well have been launching soap bubbles at it.

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Neither of us knew much about sailing a full-rigged ship; but that didn't worry me a great deal, for I was confident that we should never be called upon to do so, and as the day of launching approached I was positive of it.

The launching of the Sari proved easier than I con-templated.

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To escape the infliction of any compliments of this kind, or the launching, peradventure, of more dangerous missiles, Wyeth landed with the best grace in his power and approached the chief of the band.

We find him in a frail bark of skins, launching himself in a stream at the foot of the Rocky Mountains, and floating down from river to river, as they empty themselves into each other; and so he might have kept on upward of two thousand miles, until his little bark should drift into the ocean.

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And one more task waited, the launching of the boat when the river ran water to receive it.

If he succeeded in launching the boat, if he kept ahead of the second ice-run, if he did not get caught by some of the runs from the upper Yukon; if luck favored in all these essential particulars, as well as in a score of minor ones, they would reach Sixty Mile and be saved, if--and again the if--he had strength enough to land

The final task remained--the launching of the boat.

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But at the moment he was flying between the double hedge of granite phantoms, these latter, which were no longer supported by the corresponding links, began to roll and totter round our Titan, who looked as if precipitated from heaven amidst rocks which he had just been launching. Porthos felt the very earth beneath his feet becoming jelly-tremulous.

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That works out to about one launch every three months, at a cost of $1.55 billion per launch -- a far cry from NASA's original goal of launching once per week, at a cost of $20 million per launch.

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Summary: Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 3 (ANI): The launching of Bangladesh's first satellite, 'Bangabandhu-1' has been deferred yet again due to technical issues and will not be launched on May 7, according to Telecommunications, Post and Information Technology Minister Mustafa Jabbar on Wednesday.

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