launch

ƙaddamar da

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: lônch, IPA: /lɔːntʃ/, SAMPA: /lO:ntS/
• (US) enPR: lônch, IPA: /lɔntʃ/, SAMPA: /lOntS/
• (cot-caught merger) IPA: /lɑntʃ/ SAMPA: /lAntS/

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Verb

Plain form (yanzu) launch

3rd-person singular (ana cikin yi) launches

Past tense (ya wuce) launched

Past participle (ya wuce) launched

Present participle (ana cikin yi) launching

1. (transitive) If you launch something, you throw it. <> cilla. harba rōkā̀, kumbṑ.

   During the fight, he launched a dart at my head. Luckily, he missed.

2. (transitive) If you launch something, you start it or get it going. <> ƙaddamar da, gabatar da.

   The movie star is going to launch her new clothing line next month.

   If I can get the money I need, I plan to launch my restaurant within a year.

   This opportunity could really launch your career.

Related words and phrases

• launch pad
• rocket launcher

Noun

Singular launch

Plural launches

1. The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).