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# launch

verb (launch, launches, launched, launching); noun (a launch, launches)

«launch» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To launch is to send a rocket, missile or spacecraft up into the air or space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#m1)
2. To launch a boat is to put it into the water. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#m2)
3. To launch something new is to start it or make it available to the public (launch a book, a product, a website). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#m3)
4. A launch is the act of launching. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#m4)
5. A launch is also a large motorboat. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#m5)

### In the lessons

In science lessons, rockets are launched using powerful engines; pupils launch water or paper rockets and measure how far they travel. In everyday life, companies launch new games and phones; schools launch projects and campaigns. In computing, to launch an app means to open it. Phrases: launch a rocket, launch pad, product launch, launch an attack, launch into a story.

### Examples

- The rocket was launched into space. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x1)
- We launched our model boat on the pond. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x2)
- The company will launch a new game soon. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x3)
- Our school is launching a recycling project. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x4)
- The spacecraft sits on the launch pad. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x5)
- Tap the icon to launch the app. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x6)
- Grandpa launched into a long story about the war. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x7)
- At a sign from the king it was launched, and floated proudly and safely like a bird on the waves. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/#x8)

### Note

Regular verb: launched, launching. Plural noun: launches. «Launch into» something means start it with energy. In maths problems about rockets, «launched» is the start time; height then changes over time.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «launch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/launch/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«launch» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/launch.html) on Mova free.