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Englisch > Deutsch
launch
1. Start
2. abschießen, lancieren
3. Stapellauf
Englisch > Englisch
launch
1. v. To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball; to hurl; ; to propel with force.
2. v. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
3. v. To cause to move or slide from the land into the water; to set afloat.
The navy launched another ship.
4. v. To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
Our business launched a new project.
5. v. (transitive, computing) to cause (a program) to operate
Double-click an icon to launch the associated application. -
6. v. To release; to put onto the market for sale
7. v. (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.
to launch into an argument or discussion; to launch into lavish expenditures
8. v. (intransitive, computing) (of a program) to start to operate
After clicking the icon, the application will launch. -
9. subst. The movement of a vessel from land into the water; especially, the sliding on ways from the stocks on which it is built. (Compare: to splash a ship.)
10. subst. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
11. subst. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.
12. subst. (nautical) The boat of the largest size and/or of most importance belonging to a ship of war, and often called the "captain's boat" or "captain's launch".
13. subst. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
14. subst. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc. (Compare Spanish lancha.)
Deutsch > Englisch
Start
1. subst. start (beginning of a project)
2. subst. start (beginning point of a race)
3. subst. takeoff (begin of a flight)