launched
LAWNCHT/lɔːnt͡ʃt/
- 1Simple past and past participle of launch.
The agency launched the satellite into orbit just before dawn.
A fresh marketing campaign was launched ahead of the holiday season.
Note
One regular spelling serves as both forms, so the words around it tell you which one you have. With a subject alone it is the past tense (the crew launched the lifeboat). After have it forms the perfect (they have launched an app), and after be it forms the passive (the ship was launched). The passive sits comfortably with every meaning, from ships and rockets to campaigns and programs.
launched is a form of launch
launch, verb: To set something in motion, such as a mission, project, or initiative, or to start someone on it. Full entry
- Spelling
- launch → launched: add -ed
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