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The correct spelling is launches.
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noun
Say it like: Lau-nch-es
The correct spelling is launches. 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.) For example: "book launch"
Usage Examples
“book launch”
“The navy launched another ship.”
“NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.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.)
- 2.The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).
- 3.An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
- 4.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".
- 5.A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.
verb
- 1.To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.
- 2.To pierce with, or as with, a lance.
- 3.To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.
- 4.To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.
- 5.To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation
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