Meaning & use
launch
To start or introduce something new, such as a product, project, or organization.
See it in a sentence
The company will launch its latest smartphone at a press event next month.
She launched her own bakery after years of baking for friends and family.
A note on using this word
Launch also means to send something forcefully into motion, such as a rocket or a boat, which appears as a second sense below.
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Words with an opposite meaning
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Another way to use it
2. verb
To send a vessel, rocket, or projectile into water, the air, or space.
Engineers prepared to launch the satellite into orbit early the next morning.
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