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Spell Bee Word: Launch


What does launch mean?

Word: Launch

Part of Speech: Verb

Meaning: Launch means to send a rocket or satellite up into space, or to put a boat into the water. It also means to begin something new.

Synonyms: begin

How do you spell launch?

Syllables: launch

Tricky part: The vowel sound is spelt au, as in astronaut, not aw or o.

Watch out for: lawnch, launche, lounch

Memory tip: An astronaut waits for the launch, and both words carry the same au.

Launch in a sentence

Example 1: ISRO launched Chandrayaan-3 in July 2023.

Example 2: Our school will launch a reading club next week.

Example 3: The fishermen launched their boats before sunrise.

Fun Fact

Most Indian rockets take off from Sriharikota, an island off the coast of Andhra Pradesh, where ISRO's main launch centre stands.

Practise the CREST Way

Word Connection

Choose the synonym of the word:

launch

a) finish
b) start
c) delay
d) cancel

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b) start. To launch a new club is to start it.

Mingle-Mangle

Form a meaningful word from the jumbled letters:

nchaul

a) launch
b) lauchn
c) lauhcn
d) launhc

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a) launch. After the l comes the vowel pair you hear in astronaut.

Word Cookie

Find the misspelt word in the sentence:

The scientists waited to launsh the rocket at dawn.

a) rocket
b) dawn
c) scientists
d) launsh

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d) launsh. The last sound is written with c-h, as in lunch.

Word Cookie

Find the extra letter in the word:

launnch

a) u
b) a
c) n
d) l

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c) n. Launch has one n, just before the ch.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A space agency launches ____ into orbit.

a) a helicopter
b) a satellite
c) a submarine
d) a ship

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b) a satellite

2. Just before a rocket is launched, the team ____.

a) counts down to zero
b) paints the rocket white
c) counts up to a hundred
d) lets out all the fuel

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a) counts down to zero

Associated Words

deathjoygarbagefencingloyal
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