| VERB | social | launch, establish, set up, found | set up or found |
|---|---|---|---|
| contact | launch | propel with force | |
| contact | launch | launch for the first time | |
| change | launch, plunge | begin with vigor | |
| contact | launch, set in motion | get going | |
| contact | launch | smoothen the surface of | |
| NOUN | artifact | launch | a motorboat with an open deck or a half deck |
| act | launch, launching | the act of propelling with force |
| Sounds | lao'nch | |
|---|---|---|
| Rhymes | staunch | |
| Meaning | A motorboat with an open deck or a half deck. | |
|---|---|---|
| Broader | motorboat, powerboat | A boat propelled by an internal-combustion engine |
| Spanish | lancha | |
| Catalan | llanxa | |
| Meaning | The act of propelling with force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Synonym | launching | |
| Narrower | rocket firing, rocket launching | The launching of a rocket or missile under its own power |
| Broader | propulsion, actuation | The act of propelling |
| Spanish | lanzamiento | |
| Catalan | llançament | |
| Verbs | launch | propel with force |
| launch | launch for the first time | |
| Meaning | Set up or found. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | establish, set up, found | |
| Broader | open, open up | start to operate or function or cause to start operating or functioning |
| Opposite | abolish, get rid of | Do away with |
| Spanish | establecer, fundar, implantar, instaurar, instituir, lanzar | |
| Catalan | establir, fundar, implantar, instaurar, instituir | |
| Meaning | propel with force. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Examples |
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| Narrower | blast off | launch with great force |
| float | put into the water | |
| Broader | propel, impel | Cause to move forward with force |
| Spanish | lanzar | |
| Catalan | llançar | |
| Nouns | launch | the act of propelling with force |
| launcher | armament in the form of a device capable of launching a rocket | |
| launcher | a device that launches aircraft from a warship | |
| Meaning | launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "launch a ship" | |
| Broader | launch, set in motion | get going |
| Spanish | botar, inaugurar | |
| Nouns | launch | the act of propelling with force |
| Meaning | Begin with vigor. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s PP | |
| Example | "He launched into a long diatribe" | |
| Synonym | plunge | |
| Broader | get down, begin, get, start out, start, set about, set out, commence | Take the first ... / first step or steps in carrying out an action |
| Similar to | plunge | dash violently or with great speed or impetuosity |
| Meaning | get going; give impetus to. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something; Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Example | "launch a career" | |
| Synonym | set in motion | |
| Narrower | launch | launch for the first time |
| Broader | move, displace | Cause to move or shift into a new position or place, both in a concrete and in an abstract sense |
| Spanish | emprender, poner en movimiento | |
| Meaning | smoothen the surface of. | |
|---|---|---|
| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "launch plaster" | |
| Broader | smooth, smoothen | make smooth or smoother, as if by rubbing |
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