launching

Other forms of launching

plural

launchings·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about launching

What does launching mean?

launching means "the act of moving a newly built vessel into the water for the first time". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in launching?

launching has 2 syllables: laun-ching. The stress falls on "laun". In IPA it is /ˈlɔntʃɪŋ/.

What is another word for launching?

Close synonyms include introduction, debut, first appearance, unveiling, entry. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is launching a common word?

launching is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.