Launch Lɔːntʃ Product Official Sense Noun Bre Successful

• the successful launch of the ariane rocket
• a product launch
• the official launch date is in may.
• i met her at the launch of her new book.

launch

1. the action of launching something; an event at which something is launched
• see also soft launch
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/soft-launch_1
• the successful launch of the Ariane rocket
• a product launch
• The official launch date is in May.
2. a large boat with a motor
• See related entries: Types of boats and ships
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/types_of_boats_and_ships/launch_4

Extra Examples

• I met her at the launch of her new book.
• In the six months since its launch the car has sold extremely well.
• She is signing copies of her book at the official launch.
• The commercial launch was the end of 2007.
• The official product launch was scheduled for 2009.
• 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
• one of the world’s largest ocean-going launch platforms
• the postponement of the scheduled launch on July 7
• Speaking at a recent product launch, he said that the company would continue to diversify.

Word Origin

• noun 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’.