[{"word":"launching","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To pierce with, or as with, a lance.","synonyms":["lance","pierce"],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The navy launched another ship."},{"definition":"To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts."},{"definition":"To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Our business launched a new project."},{"definition":"To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Double-click an icon to launch the associated application."},{"definition":"To release; to put onto the market for sale","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"(often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"to launch into an argument or discussion"},{"definition":"(of a program) To start to operate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"After clicking the icon, the application will launch."}],"synonyms":["lance","pierce"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is launched; a launch.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The launching of the Titanic."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/launch","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/launching"]}]