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LIFTOFF
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Dictionary entry overview: What does liftoff mean?
• LIFTOFF (noun)
The noun LIFTOFF has 1 sense:
1. the initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
Familiarity information: LIFTOFF used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
The initial ascent of a rocket from its launching pad
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Hypernyms ("liftoff" is a kind of...):
ascension; ascent; rise; rising (a movement upward)
Derivation:
lift off (depart from the ground)
Context examples
The first-stage piece of the rocket landed on the ocean barge about eight minutes after liftoff.
(SpaceX Completes Successful Rocket Launch, VOA News)
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