launch
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4.0
- noun
- /lɔːnʧ/
- After months of preparation, the launch of the new weather satellite took place on schedule.
- space launch
- launch pad
- satellite launch
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- And then all that leading to an orbital launch test?
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Half a century ago, the launch of Sputnik precipitated major educational reform across all of education.
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The scientists gathered to celebrate the successful launch of the new satellite.
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Our launch, our next launch is going to be in April.
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There were so many people who did the launch campaign for this.
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But we are very close to our launch date.
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We are go for launch.
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The Stormbreaker launch is in less than 24 hours.
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The positive response from this session supported the launch of a two-year regional project.
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So I'm happy to finally announce the official launch of a podcast.
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But she had been scheduled for Discovery's next launch in a month and a half.
Fiction book (1996)
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3.6
To start something, often for the first time
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2.8
The moment an airplane leaves the ground and begins to fly
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4.5
An event when a rocket moves into the sky using its engines
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4.8
The moment a rocket leaves the launch pad and starts to rise
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3.7
Sending a rocket into the sky using its own engines
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6.1
The moment a rocket or spacecraft lifts off the ground
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Etymology
Launch as a noun comes from the same idea of 'throwing' something forward, so a 'launch' is the act of sending a ship, rocket, or ball out with force.