launch

«launch» in Mova's school dictionary: to send a rocket, missile or spacecraft up into the air… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

verb (launch, launches, launched, launching); noun (a launch, launches)

meaning for a pupil

1) To launch is to send a rocket, missile or spacecraft up into the air or space. tree →

2) To launch a boat is to put it into the water. tree →

3) To launch something new is to start it or make it available to the public (launch a book, a product, a website). tree →

4) A launch is the act of launching. tree →

5) A launch is also a large motorboat. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science lessons, rockets are launched using powerful engines; pupils launch water or paper rockets and measure how far they travel. In everyday life, companies launch new games and phones; schools launch projects and campaigns. In computing, to launch an app means to open it. Phrases: launch a rocket, launch pad, product launch, launch an attack, launch into a story.

examples

• The rocket was launched into space. tree →
• We launched our model boat on the pond. tree →
• The company will launch a new game soon. tree →
• Our school is launching a recycling project. tree →
• The spacecraft sits on the launch pad. tree →
• Tap the icon to launch the app. tree →
• Grandpa launched into a long story about the war. tree →
• At a sign from the king it was launched, and floated proudly and safely like a bird on the waves. tree →

note

Regular verb: launched, launching. Plural noun: launches. «Launch into» something means start it with energy. In maths problems about rockets, «launched» is the start time; height then changes over time.

In the corpora

• In 1957 the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, a metal ball that beeped as it circled the Earth.
• NASA's Europa Clipper launched in 2024 and should reach Jupiter in 2030 to study whether Europa could support life.
• Europe's JUICE spacecraft, launched in 2023, will reach Jupiter in 2031 and end by orbiting Ganymede.
• NASA's Dragonfly is a nuclear-powered drone helicopter due to launch in 2028 and fly between sites on Titan in the 2030s.
• The first satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched in 1957.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «launch» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.