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launch
What does launch mean?
launch (verb): to cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
Definition: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
How do you pronounce launch?
/lɔntʃ/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does launch come from?
From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “launch” mean?
succeed in doing, achieving, or producing (something) with the limited or inadequate means available
Not quite: that's what manage means.
to travel through the air, another gas, or a vacuum, without being in contact with a grounded surface
Not quite: that's what fly means.
to cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground
Right! That's what “launch” means.
to look within oneself to summon (a particular positive quality, such as strength, energy or courage)
Not quite: that's what muster means.
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