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  {
    "word": "launch",
    "phonetic": "/l\u0254\u02d0nt\u0361\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/l\u0254\u02d0nt\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/l\u0254nt\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/launch-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769987",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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.)",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "The act or fact of launching (a ship/vessel, a project, a new book, etc.).",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An event held to celebrate the launch of a ship/vessel, project, a new book, etc.; a launch party.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "book launch"
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      },
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "verb",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "To throw (a projectile such as a lance, dart or ball); to hurl; to propel with force.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To pierce with, or as with, a lance.",
            "synonyms": [
              "lance",
              "pierce"
            ],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause (a vessel) to move or slide from the land or a larger vessel into the water; to set afloat.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "The navy launched another ship."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To cause (a rocket, balloon, etc., or the payload thereof) to begin its flight upward from the ground.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "NASA launched several unmanned rockets before launching any of the Mercury astronauts."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To send out; to start (someone) on a mission or project; to give a start to (something); to put in operation",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Our business launched a new project."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To start (a program or feature); to execute or bring into operation.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "Double-click an icon to launch the associated application."
          },
          {
            "definition": "To release; to put onto the market for sale",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "Of a ship, rocket, balloon, etc.: to depart on a voyage; to take off.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "(often with out) To move with force and swiftness like a sliding from the stocks into the water; to plunge; to begin.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "to launch into an argument or discussion"
          },
          {
            "definition": "(of a program) To start to operate.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": [],
            "example": "After clicking the icon, the application will launch."
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [
          "lance",
          "pierce"
        ],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/launch"
    ]
  },
  {
    "word": "launch",
    "phonetic": "/l\u0254\u02d0nt\u0361\u0283/",
    "phonetics": [
      {
        "text": "/l\u0254\u02d0nt\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": ""
      },
      {
        "text": "/l\u0254nt\u0361\u0283/",
        "audio": "https://api.dictionaryapi.dev/media/pronunciations/en/launch-us.mp3",
        "sourceUrl": "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=1769987",
        "license": {
          "name": "BY-SA 3.0",
          "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
        }
      }
    ],
    "meanings": [
      {
        "partOfSpeech": "noun",
        "definitions": [
          {
            "definition": "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\".",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "A boat used to convey guests to and from a yacht.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          },
          {
            "definition": "An open boat of any size powered by steam, petrol, electricity, etc.",
            "synonyms": [],
            "antonyms": []
          }
        ],
        "synonyms": [],
        "antonyms": []
      }
    ],
    "license": {
      "name": "CC BY-SA 3.0",
      "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"
    },
    "sourceUrls": [
      "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/launch"
    ]
  }
]