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How to pronounce launch
Say it like this: /loːnt͡ʃ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does launch mean?
verbTo throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
“And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.”
To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
“The navy launched another ship.”
nounThe 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.)
The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
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