launching

Examples

• All

• So then let's call this the launching of the career phase.

  Film Courage

• Matt's passion and love for the game led to his launching Stansfield Golf and StansfieldGolf.com in August 2012.

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• We are not interested in funding the launching of your satellite at this time.

  Light Years Away (2006)

• We also use this process as our launching point for creating the broker process.

  Blog text (3)

• I hope you take this confession as a launching point for change.

  Blog text (17)

• An interesting and well-designed blog is a great launching point for your marketing efforts.

  Blog text (32)

• And he was an agent in one of the most powerful agencies in america and I was just at the threshold of the launching of my own career.

  Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)

• Also I am proud to announce the launching of my greatest achievement... the Adship!

  Mutant Aliens (2002)

• The middle grades should be seen as the launching pad for a secondary and post-secondary education system.

  Academic text (2012)

• The new Grooveshark homepage is the perfect launching spot for your evolving taste in music.

  Blog text (32)

Synonyms

L

launch

vslaunching

589 4.0

A moment when people make something move, for example a boat or rocket

is the general act of beginning or setting in motion, not only forceful propelling

D

debut

vslaunching

205 4.9

A first public appearance by a person or thing

is the initiating action rather than the public presentation itself

I

introduction

vslaunching

77 1.6

The start of using something new

focuses more on the action of sending or setting motion rather than use

I

initiative

vslaunching

34 4.2

The first action that starts a series of events

is the single act that propels or puts something into motion

F

first appearance

vslaunching

27 3.5

The first time a person or thing is seen in public, often in a new role

is concerned with the act of putting something into motion rather than sighting

S

startup

vslaunching

22 3.4

The act of starting a machine, process, or system

emphasizes initiating motion or launch rather than technical operation

I

initiation

vslaunching

15 4.7

The act of beginning something such as a project

is the act of putting something into motion, often physically or publicly

J

jump-off

vslaunching

• US

4 4.1

The place or time where an event begins

involves actively sending or setting an object or project into motion

S

start-off

vslaunching

3.2

The first moment when a race or event begins

is a broader action that sets things moving, not only the moment

Antonyms

C

cancellation

• Texting

63 1.9

Stopping something planned so it no longer happens

Compounds

L

launching pad

• Specialized

4 4.4

A strong platform that rockets or spacecraft use to start their flight

L

launching site

• Specialized

1 5.4

A place with machines to send rockets or satellites into space

R

rocket launching

• Specialized

1 3.7

Sending a rocket into the sky using its own engines

How Official

inauguration

• Formal

63 6.0

rollout

27 4.4

launching

18 3.6

kickoff

37 3.7

beginning

1.0

Surface Forms

Morphology

Etymology