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launching   (TTS Sound)

The noun launching has 3 senses

• launching -- (the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time)


• introduction, debut, first appearance, launching, unveiling, entry -- (the act of beginning something new; "they looked forward to the debut of their new product line")


• launching, launch -- (the act of propelling with force)

The verb launch has 6 senses

• establish, set up, found, launch -- (set up or found; "She set up a literacy program")


• launch -- (propel with force; "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship")


• launch -- (launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage; "launch a ship")


• plunge, launch -- (begin with vigor; "He launched into a long diatribe"; "She plunged into a dangerous adventure")


• launch, set in motion -- (get going; give impetus to; "launch a career"; "Her actions set in motion a complicated judicial process")


• launch -- (smoothen the surface of; "launch plaster")