"launching" meaning in English

See launching in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-launching.wav Forms: launchings [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} launching (plural launchings)
  1. The act by which something is launched; a launch. Derived forms: zero-length launching Translations (act by which something is launched): søsætning [common-gender] [nautical, transport] (Danish), vesillelasku (Finnish), julkistaminen (Finnish), lanseeraus (Finnish), käynnistäminen (Finnish), lanzamento [masculine] (Galician), sjøsetting [feminine, masculine] [nautical, transport] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøsetning [feminine, masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), sjøsetjing [feminine] [nautical, transport] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sjøsetting [feminine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), sjösättning [common-gender] [nautical, transport] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-launching-en-noun-Fz4Sn2~A Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Galician translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Norwegian translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 77 23 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 81 19 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Galician translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 92 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian translations: 76 24 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 78 22

Verb

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-launching.wav
Head templates: {{head|en|verb form}} launching
  1. present participle and gerund of launch Tags: form-of, gerund, participle, present Form of: launch
    Sense id: en-launching-en-verb-RLdGV5ZY

Inflected forms

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