launching

launch-ing · verb

imported

Definitions

verb

  1. 1.

    Setting in motion or starting something.

  2. 2.

    The act or process of launching something.

  3. 3.

    Introducing or releasing to the public.

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    launching ceremony — An event celebrating the start of something
  • •
    launching point — A place or circumstance from which something begins

Related words

Antonyms: cancelling, ending, withdrawing
See also: launch, launched, releasing, starting
Synonyms: initiating, introducing, releasing, starting

Etymology

Present participle of "launch," from Anglo-Norman French launcher, from Old French lancier meaning "to throw a lance."