launching meaning

• Noun: launching  lonching
  1. The act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time 
  2. The act of beginning something new
     - introduction, debut, first appearance, unveiling, entry 
  3. The act of propelling with force
     - launch
  Verb: launch  lonch
  1. Set up or found
     - establish, set up, found 
  2. Propel with force
     "launch the space shuttle"; "Launch a ship" 
  3. Launch for the first time; launch on a maiden voyage
     "launch a ship" 
  4. Begin with vigour
     "He launched into a long diatribe"
     - plunge 
  5. Get going; give impetus to
     "launch a career"
     - set in motion 
  6. Smoothen the surface of
     "launch plaster"

  Derived forms: launchings

  See also: launcher

  Type of: actuation, begin, beginning, commence, commencement, displace, get, get down, impel, move, open, open up, propel, propulsion, set about, set out, smooth, smoothen, start, start out

  Encyclopedia: Launch

• launching pad:    Noun: launching pa ...
• launching site:    Noun: launching si ...
• launching-pad:     noun1. A platform ...

Examples

1. he is launching his son on a career in banking.
2. the rocket lifted off from its launching pad.
3. the company is launching a new model next month.
4. after many difficulties and postponements, the ship was ready for launching.
5. she wants to be more than just a singer and is launching out into films.