"launch" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/ [UK], /lɑːnt͡ʃ/ (note: some accents), /lɔnt͡ʃ/ [US], /lɒnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger], /lɑnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-launch.ogg [US] Forms: launches [plural]
enPR: lônch, länch Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ Etymology: From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|launchen||to throw as a lance}} Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), {{der|en|fro|lanchier}} Old French lanchier, {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{m|nrf|lanchi}} lanchi, {{m|fro|lancier}} lancier, {{m|fr|lancer}} lancer, {{m|fr|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-noun}} launch (plural launches)
  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.) Translations (movement of a vessel from land into the water): спускане на вода (spuskane na voda) (Bulgarian), søsætning [common-gender] (Danish), lancering [feminine] (Dutch), tewaterlating [feminine] (Dutch), vesillelasku (Finnish), wodowanie [neuter] (Polish), спуск (spusk) [masculine] (Russian), sjösättning [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-DeNxth3H Disambiguation of 'movement of a vessel from land into the water': 94 4 3
  2. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.). Translations (act of launching): хвърляне (hvǎrljane) (Bulgarian), мятане (mjatane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), изстрелване (izstrelvane) [neuter] (Bulgarian), llançament (Catalan), 發射 (Chinese Mandarin), 发射 (fāshè) (Chinese Mandarin), worp [masculine] (Dutch), lancering [feminine] (Dutch), heide (Estonian), laukaisu (Finnish), lancement [masculine] (French), გაშვება (gašveba) (Georgian), Start [masculine] (German), 発射 (hassha) (alt: はっしゃ) (Japanese), whakarewanga (Maori), whakamānutanga (Maori), lançament [masculine] (Occitan), wystrzelenie [neuter] (Polish), uruchomienie [neuter] (Polish), lançamento [masculine] (Portuguese), arremesso [masculine] (Portuguese), за́пуск (zápusk) [masculine] (Russian), lanzamiento [masculine] (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-D5Q0Y8y6 Disambiguation of 'act of launching': 6 87 7
  3. An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-Y-KRxDg-
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lanch [obsolete] Hyponyms: cold launch, hard launch, hot launch, soft launch Related terms: launching ways
Etymology number: 1 Derived forms: book launch, launch complex, launch game, launching (english: as a noun), launch loop, launch lug, launch pad, launch time, launch vehicle, launch window, paper launch, pre-launch

Noun

IPA: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/ [UK], /lɑːnt͡ʃ/ (note: some accents), /lɔnt͡ʃ/ [US], /lɒnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger], /lɑnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-launch.ogg [US] Forms: launches [plural]
enPR: lônch, länch Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ Etymology: From Portuguese lancha (“barge, launch”), apparently from Malay lancar (“quick, agile”). Spelling influenced by the verb above. Etymology templates: {{der|en|pt|lancha||barge, launch}} Portuguese lancha (“barge, launch”), {{der|en|ms|lancar||quick, agile}} Malay lancar (“quick, agile”) Head templates: {{en-noun}} launch (plural launches)
  1. (nautical) 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". Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (largest boat belonging to a ship of war): kaater (Estonian), kapteenin vene (Finnish), άκατος (ákatos) [feminine] (Greek), rōnihi (Maori), barkas [masculine] (Polish), барка́с (barkás) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-0dLXrrZH Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'largest boat belonging to a ship of war': 85 9 6
  2. (nautical) A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht. Categories (topical): Nautical, Watercraft Translations (boat used to convey guests): yhteysvene (Finnish), άκατος (ákatos) [feminine] (Greek), rōnihi (Maori), барка́с (barkás) [masculine] (Russian)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-X1hAIaqi Disambiguation of Watercraft: 4 3 3 15 26 21 2 1 5 2 5 1 3 5 3 2 Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'boat used to convey guests': 10 80 10
  3. (nautical) An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc. Categories (topical): Nautical Translations (open boat): llanxa [feminine] (Catalan), avovene (Finnish), rōnohi (Maori), ⁧لنج⁩ (lanj) (Persian), ⁧بارکاس⁩ (bârkâs) (Persian), барка́с (barkás) [masculine] (Russian), lancha [feminine] (Spanish), లాంచీ (lāñcī) (Telugu)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-noun-PKbcreMQ Topics: nautical, transport Disambiguation of 'open boat': 13 24 63
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lanch [obsolete] Derived forms: captain’s launch Related terms: barge, boat, ship’s boat, yacht
Etymology number: 2

Verb

IPA: /lɔːnt͡ʃ/ [UK], /lɑːnt͡ʃ/ (note: some accents), /lɔnt͡ʃ/ [US], /lɒnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger], /lɑnt͡ʃ/ [cot-caught-merger] Audio: en-us-launch.ogg [US] Forms: launches [present, singular, third-person], launching [participle, present], launched [participle, past], launched [past], launcht [obsolete, participle, past], launcht [obsolete, past]
enPR: lônch, länch Rhymes: -ɔːntʃ Etymology: From Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), Old French lanchier, another form (Old Northern French/Norman variant, compare Jèrriais lanchi) of lancier, French lancer, from lance. Etymology templates: {{inh|en|enm|launchen||to throw as a lance}} Middle English launchen (“to throw as a lance”), {{der|en|fro|lanchier}} Old French lanchier, {{der|en|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{m|nrf|lanchi}} lanchi, {{m|fro|lancier}} lancier, {{m|fr|lancer}} lancer, {{m|fr|lance}} lance Head templates: {{en-verb|past2=launcht|past2_qual=obsolete}} launch (third-person singular simple present launches, present participle launching, simple past and past participle launched or (obsolete) launcht)
  1. (transitive) To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force. Tags: transitive Translations (throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force): ⁧أَطْلَقَ⁩ (ʔaṭlaqa) (Arabic), ⁧قَذَفَ⁩ (qaḏafa) (Arabic), хвърлям (hvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), мятам (mjatam) (Bulgarian), llançar (Catalan), 發射 (Chinese Mandarin), 发射 (fāshè) (Chinese Mandarin), hodit (Czech), slynge (Danish), opsende (Danish), werpen (Dutch), gooien (Dutch), smijten (Dutch), lanceren (Dutch), lanĉi (Esperanto), heitma (Estonian), laukaista (Finnish), heittää (Finnish), lancer (French), abschießen (German), lancieren (German), lanciare (Italian), 発射する (hassha-surú) (alt: はっしゃする) (Japanese), launcen (Middle English), launchen (Middle English), affliouer [Jersey] (Norman), lanchi [Jersey] (Norman), wyrzucić [perfective] (Polish), wyrzucać [imperfective] (Polish), wystrzelić [perfective] (Polish), wystrzeliwać [imperfective] (Polish), lançar (Portuguese), arremessar (Portuguese), jogar (Portuguese), tacar (Portuguese), запуска́ть (zapuskátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), запусти́ть (zapustítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), vrhnúť (Slovak), hodiť (Slovak), lanzar (Spanish), slänga (Swedish), запуска́ти (zapuskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запусти́ти (zapustýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-QdSKQ57u Disambiguation of 'throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force': 51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4
  2. (transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance. Tags: obsolete, transitive Synonyms: lance, pierce Translations (strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce): изхвърлям (izhvǎrljam) (Bulgarian), изстрелвам (izstrelvam) (Bulgarian), spietsen (Dutch), doorboren (Dutch), sööstma (Estonian), launcen (Middle English), launchen (Middle English), lancear (Portuguese), lancear (Spanish), spetta (Swedish), stöta (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-gS-bdvyf Disambiguation of 'strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce': 26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6
  3. (transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-h9vY5xX~
  4. (transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-k7Y8eXmL
  5. (transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation Tags: transitive Translations (send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation): започвам (započvam) (Bulgarian), предприемам (predpriemam) (Bulgarian), llançar (Catalan), lanceren (Dutch), aanzetten (Dutch), välja saatma (Estonian), käivitama (Estonian), alustama (Estonian), tuoda markkinoille (Finnish), lanseerata (Finnish), უშვებს (ušvebs) (Georgian), გაუშვებს (gaušvebs) (Georgian), menjalankan (Indonesian), meluncurkan (Indonesian), melancarkan (Malay), abaudir (Occitan), lançar (Occitan), rozpocząć [perfective] (Polish), rozpoczynać [imperfective] (Polish), vypustiť (Slovak), odštartovať (Slovak), spustiť (Slovak), zagnati (Slovene), lansera (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-jWpL2ue3 Disambiguation of 'send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation': 3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8
  6. (transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Computing Translations (to start (a program or feature)): executar (Catalan), starten (German), öffnen (German), lanciare (Italian), avviare (Italian), uruchomić [perfective] (Polish), uruchamiać [imperfective] (Polish), włączyć [perfective] (Polish), włączać [imperfective] (Polish), odpalić [perfective] (Polish), odpalać [imperfective] (Polish), abrir (Portuguese), iniciar (Portuguese), executar (Portuguese), starta (Swedish), exekvera (Swedish), açmak (Turkish), çalıştırmak (Turkish), запуска́ти (zapuskáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), запусти́ти (zapustýty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-ZWgjtB~3 Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'to start (a program or feature)': 2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11
  7. (transitive) To release; to put onto the market for sale Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-6dkgkE1G
  8. (intransitive) Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off. Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-7078bRB0
  9. (intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin. Tags: intransitive, often, with out
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-WQg5zkBm
  10. (intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate. Tags: intransitive, of a program Categories (topical): Computing Translations (start to operate): aprirsi (Italian), avviarsi (Italian), abrir (Portuguese), iniciar (Portuguese), açılmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-launch-en-verb-fmtiVOIf Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences Disambiguation of 'start to operate': 1 1 2 2 9 7 1 2 1 74
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: lanch [obsolete] Derived forms: failure to launch, hard-launch, launch into, launch lunch, launch one's lunch, soft-launch Translations (cause to move or slide from the land into the water): te water laat (Afrikaans), спускам на вода (spuskam na voda) (Bulgarian), søsætte (Danish), lanceren (Dutch), te water laten (Dutch), laskea vesille (Finnish), varare (Italian), dēdūcō (Latin), whakamānu (Maori), whakarewa (Maori), sjøsette (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøsetje (Norwegian Nynorsk), sjøsette (Norwegian Nynorsk), wodować [imperfective] (Polish), zwodować [perfective] (Polish), lançar (Portuguese), spustiť (Slovak), botar (Spanish), sjösätta (Swedish)
Etymology number: 1 Disambiguation of 'cause to move or slide from the land into the water': 1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
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          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
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          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "heitma"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "laukaista"
        },
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          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "heittää"
        },
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          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "lancer"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "abschießen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "lancieren"
        },
        {
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "lanciare"
        },
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          "alt": "はっしゃする",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "hassha-surú",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "発射する"
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        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
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          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "launcen"
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          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "launchen"
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        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "affliouer"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "nrf",
          "lang": "Norman",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "Jersey"
          ],
          "word": "lanchi"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrzucić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wyrzucać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "wystrzelić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "wystrzeliwać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "lançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "arremessar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "jogar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "tacar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapuskátʹ",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запуска́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "zapustítʹ",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запусти́ть"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "vrhnúť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "hodiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "lanzar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "word": "slänga"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapuskáty",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запуска́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "51 3 7 6 10 3 3 6 7 4",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapustýty",
          "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "запусти́ти"
        }
      ]
    },
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      "categories": [],
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        {
          "ref": "1591, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses",
          "text": "And launch your hearts with lamentable wounds.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To pierce with, or as with, a lance."
      ],
      "id": "en-launch-en-verb-gS-bdvyf",
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        [
          "pierce",
          "pierce"
        ],
        [
          "lance",
          "lance"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, obsolete) To pierce with, or as with, a lance."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "lance"
        },
        {
          "word": "pierce"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "obsolete",
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izhvǎrljam",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "изхвърлям"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "izstrelvam",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "изстрелвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "spietsen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "doorboren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "sööstma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "launcen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "enm",
          "lang": "Middle English",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "launchen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "lancear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "lancear"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "spetta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "26 38 4 4 10 6 1 4 1 6",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
          "word": "stöta"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "1725–1726, Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V\nWith stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep."
        },
        {
          "text": "The navy launched another ship.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat."
      ],
      "id": "en-launch-en-verb-h9vY5xX~",
      "links": [
        [
          "slide",
          "slide"
        ],
        [
          "afloat",
          "afloat"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1978, Farooq Hussain, “Volksraketen for the Third World”, in New Scientist",
          "text": "A cheap rocket that could launch military reconnaisance satellites for developing countries has become involved in a tangled web of Nazi rocket scientists, Penthouse magazine, KGB disinformation, and a treaty reminiscent of the height of colonialism in Africa.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground."
      ],
      "id": "en-launch-en-verb-k7Y8eXmL",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Our business launched a new project.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1649, Eikon Basilike",
          "text": "All art is uſed to ſink Epiſcopacy, & lanch Presbytery in England.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1984, 8:38 from the start, in Dune (Science Fiction), →OCLC",
          "text": "I have ordered House Atreides to occupy Arrakis to mine the spice, thus replacing their enemies the Harkonnens. House Atreides will not refuse because of the tremendous power they think they will gain. Then, at an appointed time, Baron Harkonnen will return to Arrakis and launch a sneak attack on House Atreides. I have promised the Baron five legions of my Sardaukar terror troops.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation"
      ],
      "id": "en-launch-en-verb-jWpL2ue3",
      "links": [
        [
          "send",
          "send"
        ],
        [
          "mission",
          "mission"
        ],
        [
          "operation",
          "operation"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "započvam",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "започвам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "predpriemam",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "предприемам"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "llançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "lanceren"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "aanzetten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "välja saatma"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "käivitama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "alustama"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "tuoda markkinoille"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "lanseerata"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ušvebs",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "უშვებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "gaušvebs",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "გაუშვებს"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "menjalankan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "meluncurkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "melancarkan"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "abaudir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "oc",
          "lang": "Occitan",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "lançar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozpocząć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "rozpoczynać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "vypustiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "odštartovať"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "spustiť"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "sl",
          "lang": "Slovene",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "zagnati"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "3 2 3 3 62 9 4 4 1 8",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
          "word": "lansera"
        }
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Computing",
          "orig": "en:Computing",
          "parents": [
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Double-click an icon to launch the associated application.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation."
      ],
      "id": "en-launch-en-verb-ZWgjtB~3",
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "start",
          "start"
        ],
        [
          "execute",
          "execute"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive, computing) To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "executar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "starten"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "öffnen"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "lanciare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "avviare"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "uruchomić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "uruchamiać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "włączyć"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "włączać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "perfective"
          ],
          "word": "odpalić"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "odpalać"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "abrir"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "iniciar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "executar"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "starta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "exekvera"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "açmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "word": "çalıştırmak"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapuskáty",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
            "imperfective"
          ],
          "word": "запуска́ти"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "2 2 1 3 14 64 1 1 2 11",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "zapustýty",
          "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
          "tags": [
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          "ref": "1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon: On the Vanity of the World, Preface",
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        },
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          "ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings",
          "text": "My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.",
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          "word": "avviarsi"
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          "word": "abrir"
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          "sense": "start to operate",
          "word": "iniciar"
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "laskea vesille"
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "varare"
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "dēdūcō"
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      "code": "mi",
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "whakamānu"
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    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1",
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "whakarewa"
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      "word": "sjøsette"
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    {
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      "word": "sjøsetje"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1",
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "sjøsette"
    },
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      "_dis1": "1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1",
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      "_dis1": "1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1",
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "tags": [
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    },
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      "_dis1": "1 1 47 39 2 1 1 1 6 1",
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      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
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      "word": "spustiť"
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          "word": "發射"
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          "sense": "act of launching",
          "word": "heide"
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          "word": "გაშვება"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "発射"
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "act of launching",
          "word": "whakamānutanga"
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          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of launching",
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          "sense": "act of launching",
          "tags": [
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          "sense": "act of launching",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "lançamento"
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        {
          "_dis1": "6 87 7",
          "code": "pt",
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          "sense": "act of launching",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "arremesso"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "zápusk",
          "sense": "act of launching",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "за́пуск"
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          "sense": "act of launching",
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          "ref": "2011, Stephen Budiansky, Perilous Fight: America's Intrepid War with Britain on the High Seas, 1812-1815, page 323",
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          "ref": "1591, Edmund Spenser, The Teares of the Muses",
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          "text": "1725–1726, Alexander Pope, Homer's Odyssey (translation), Book V\nWith stays and cordage last he rigged the ship, / And rolled on levers, launched her in the deep."
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          "ref": "1718, Matthew Prior, Solomon: On the Vanity of the World, Preface",
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          "ref": "1969, Maya Angelou, chapter 23, in I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings",
          "text": "My class was wearing butter-yellow pique dresses, and Momma launched out on mine. She smocked the yoke into tiny crisscrossing puckers, then shirred the rest of the bodice.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "text": "to launch into an argument or discussion",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "to launch into lavish expenditures",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "force",
          "force"
        ],
        [
          "swiftness",
          "swiftness"
        ],
        [
          "stocks",
          "stocks"
        ],
        [
          "plunge",
          "plunge"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "often",
        "with out"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "en:Computing"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "After clicking the icon, the application will launch.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To start to operate."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "computing",
          "computing#Noun"
        ],
        [
          "operate",
          "operate"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(intransitive, computing, of a program) To start to operate."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "intransitive",
        "of a program"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "computing",
        "engineering",
        "mathematics",
        "natural-sciences",
        "physical-sciences",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔːnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑːnt͡ʃ/",
      "note": "some accents"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɑnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːntʃ"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-launch.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/c/c1/En-us-launch.ogg/En-us-launch.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c1/En-us-launch.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "lônch"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "länch"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "obsolete"
      ],
      "word": "lanch"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "ʔaṭlaqa",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "⁧أَطْلَقَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "qaḏafa",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "⁧قَذَفَ⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvǎrljam",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "хвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "mjatam",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "мятам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "llançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "發射"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāshè",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "发射"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "hodit"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "slynge"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "opsende"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "werpen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "gooien"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "smijten"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lanceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "eo",
      "lang": "Esperanto",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lanĉi"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "heitma"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "laukaista"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "heittää"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lancer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "abschießen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lancieren"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lanciare"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっしゃする",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hassha-surú",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "発射する"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "launcen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "launchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "affliouer"
    },
    {
      "code": "nrf",
      "lang": "Norman",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "Jersey"
      ],
      "word": "lanchi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzucić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wyrzucać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "wystrzelić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wystrzeliwać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "arremessar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "jogar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "tacar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapuskátʹ",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запуска́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zapustítʹ",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запусти́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "vrhnúť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "hodiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "lanzar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "word": "slänga"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapuskáty",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "запуска́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "zapustýty",
      "sense": "throw, hurl, let fly, propel with force",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "запусти́ти"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izhvǎrljam",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "изхвърлям"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "izstrelvam",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "изстрелвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "spietsen"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "doorboren"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "sööstma"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "launcen"
    },
    {
      "code": "enm",
      "lang": "Middle English",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "launchen"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "lancear"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "lancear"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "spetta"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "strike with, or as with, a lance; to pierce",
      "word": "stöta"
    },
    {
      "code": "af",
      "lang": "Afrikaans",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "te water laat"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spuskam na voda",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "спускам на вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "søsætte"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "lanceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "te water laten"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "laskea vesille"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "varare"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "dēdūcō"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "whakamānu"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "whakarewa"
    },
    {
      "code": "no",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "sjøsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "sjøsetje"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "sjøsette"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "wodować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "zwodować"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "lançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "spustiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "botar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "cause to move or slide from the land into the water",
      "word": "sjösätta"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "započvam",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "започвам"
    },
    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "predpriemam",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "предприемам"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "llançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "lanceren"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "aanzetten"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "välja saatma"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "käivitama"
    },
    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "alustama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "tuoda markkinoille"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "lanseerata"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "ušvebs",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "უშვებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gaušvebs",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "გაუშვებს"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "menjalankan"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "meluncurkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "melancarkan"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "abaudir"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "lançar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpocząć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "rozpoczynać"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "vypustiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "odštartovať"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "spustiť"
    },
    {
      "code": "sl",
      "lang": "Slovene",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "zagnati"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "send out; start on a career; set going; give a start to; put in operation",
      "word": "lansera"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "executar"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "starten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "öffnen"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "lanciare"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "avviare"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "uruchomić"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "uruchamiać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "włączyć"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "włączać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
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        "imperfective"
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      "word": "odpalać"
    },
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "abrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "iniciar"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "executar"
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    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
      "word": "exekvera"
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
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    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to start (a program or feature)",
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "zapuskáty",
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        "imperfective"
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        "perfective"
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      "word": "запусти́ти"
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      "code": "it",
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      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
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      "word": "avviarsi"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "start to operate",
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      "code": "tr",
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      "sense": "start to operate",
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    "Requests for review of French translations",
    "Requests for review of Spanish translations",
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    },
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      "ipa": "/lɑːnt͡ʃ/",
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɔnt͡ʃ/",
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        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/lɒnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɑnt͡ʃ/",
      "tags": [
        "cot-caught-merger"
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    {
      "rhymes": "-ɔːntʃ"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "hvǎrljane",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "хвърляне"
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
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      "code": "bg",
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      "tags": [
        "neuter"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "llançament"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "發射"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fāshè",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "发射"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "worp"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "lancering"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "heide"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "laukaisu"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lancement"
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    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "gašveba",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "გაშვება"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Start"
    },
    {
      "alt": "はっしゃ",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hassha",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "発射"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "whakarewanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "word": "whakamānutanga"
    },
    {
      "code": "oc",
      "lang": "Occitan",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lançament"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wystrzelenie"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "uruchomienie"
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    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lançamento"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "arremesso"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zápusk",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "за́пуск"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "act of launching",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "lanzamiento"
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    {
      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "spuskane na voda",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "word": "спускане на вода"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "søsætning"
    },
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      "code": "nl",
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      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lancering"
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "tags": [
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      ],
      "word": "tewaterlating"
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "word": "vesillelasku"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "wodowanie"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "spusk",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "спуск"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "movement of a vessel from land into the water",
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        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "sjösättning"
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}

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    }
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      ],
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        "transport"
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        "UK"
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      "ipa": "/lɑːnt͡ʃ/",
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    {
      "ipa": "/lɒnt͡ʃ/",
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      "ipa": "/lɑnt͡ʃ/",
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        "cot-caught-merger"
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      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "word": "kaater"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "word": "kapteenin vene"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ákatos",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άκατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "word": "rōnihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
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    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barkás",
      "sense": "largest boat belonging to a ship of war",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "барка́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "boat used to convey guests",
      "word": "yhteysvene"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ákatos",
      "sense": "boat used to convey guests",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "άκατος"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "boat used to convey guests",
      "word": "rōnihi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barkás",
      "sense": "boat used to convey guests",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "барка́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "llanxa"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "word": "avovene"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "word": "rōnohi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "lanj",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "word": "⁧لنج⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "bârkâs",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "word": "⁧بارکاس⁩"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "barkás",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "барка́с"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "lancha"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "lāñcī",
      "sense": "open boat",
      "word": "లాంచీ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "launch"
}

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If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.