- [usually singular] the action of launching something
- a missile/rocket launch
- In the six months since its launch the car has sold extremely well.
- the launch of the campaign/website/service
- the successful launch of the Ariane rocket
- The official launch date is in May.
Extra ExamplesTopics Spaceb2, Businessb2- The official product launch was scheduled for 2021.
- The commercial launch was the end of 2019.
- The show is timed to coincide with the launch of a new book on the subject.
- They are preparing for the launch of the new campaign next month.
- a big Hollywood event to mark the launch of the movie
- a spring launch for the new TV system
- the postponement of the scheduled launch on July 7
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- commercial
- official
- press
- …
- get (something) ready for
- prepare (something) for
- announce
- …
- date
- party
- facility
- …
- after the launch
- following the launch
- since the launch
- …
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- an event at which something is made available to the public for the first time
- a book/product launch
- Speaking at the launch of her new book, she thanked her family for their support.
- About 50 artists attended the official launch of the exhibition.
- a large boat with a motor
- The crew members were taken ashore on a police launch.
Word Originnoun sense 1 Middle English (in the sense ‘hurl a missile, discharge with force’): from Anglo-Norman French launcher, variant of Old French lancier, from Latin lancea (noun). noun sense 2 late 17th cent.: from Spanish lancha ‘small boat’ (forming part of the equipment of a larger vessel), perhaps from Malay lancharan, from lanchar ‘swift, nimble’.
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