Nominal Forms
Infinitive: to launch
Participle: launched
Gerund: launching
Cognates
-
Indicative
Present
| I | launch |
| you | launch |
| he;she;it | launches |
| we | launch |
| you | launch |
| they | launch |
Perfect
| I | have launched |
| you | have launched |
| he;she;it | has launched |
| we | have launched |
| you | have launched |
| they | have launched |
Past
| I | launched |
| you | launched |
| he;she;it | launched |
| we | launched |
| you | launched |
| they | launched |
Pluperfect
| I | had launched |
| you | had launched |
| he;she;it | had launched |
| we | had launched |
| you | had launched |
| they | had launched |
Future
| I | will launch |
| you | will launch |
| he;she;it | will launch |
| we | will launch |
| you | will launch |
| they | will launch |
Future Perfect
| I | will have launched |
| you | will have launched |
| he;she;it | will have launched |
| we | will have launched |
| you | will have launched |
| they | will have launched |
Subjunctive
Present
| I | launch |
| you | launch |
| he;she;it | launch |
| we | launch |
| you | launch |
| they | launch |
Perfect
| I | have launched |
| you | have launched |
| he;she;it | have launched |
| we | have launched |
| you | have launched |
| they | have launched |
Imperfect
| I | launched |
| you | launched |
| he;she;it | launched |
| we | launched |
| you | launched |
| they | launched |
Pluperfect
| I | had launched |
| you | had launched |
| he;she;it | had launched |
| we | had launched |
| you | had launched |
| they | had launched |
Conditional
Present
| I | would launch |
| you | would launch |
| he;she;it | would launch |
| we | would launch |
| you | would launch |
| they | would launch |
Perfect
| I | would have launched |
| you | would have launched |
| he;she;it | would have launched |
| we | would have launched |
| you | would have launched |
| they | would have launched |
Imperative
| you | launch |
| we | Let's launch |
| you | launch |
Verbs conjugated like 'launch'
abash,
abolish,
abroach,
accomplish,
accroach,
address,
admix,
admonish,
ado,
adpress,
affamish,
affix,
alloo,
amass,
ambush,
anguish,
annex,
appeach,
appears,
approach, etc. (List truncated at 20 verbs)
Verbs similar to 'launch'
faunch,
flaunch,
gaunch,
haunch,
lanch,
launce,
lunch,
maunch,
paunch,
raunch,
Synonyms & Antonyms
Synonyms
- to cause an object to move rapidly through the air
- cast, chuck, feck, fling, hurl, lob, pitch, shy, skew, sling, throw, toss
- initiate
- introduce, originate, begin, inaugurate, start
Antonyms
- to finish (something)
- begin, commence, continue, execute, inaugurate, maintain, proceed, restart, start, end
- initiate
- end, terminate, finish, destroy
Additional Information
Phrasal Verbs
Etymology
1. c.1300, from O.N.Fr.
lancher (O.Fr.
lancier) "to fling, hurl, throw, cast," from L.L.
lanceare "wield a lance," from L.
lancea "light spear" (see lance). Sense of "set (a boat) afloat" first recorded c.1400, from notion of throwing it out on the water; generalized by 1600 to "any sort of beginning."
2. 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. See: Middle English '
launchen'.
Verbs referencing "launch"
Italian
lanciare, Spanish
lanzar, Esperanto
lanĉi, German, old spelling
launchen.