No. 3,011 in French
lançant
"Lançant" means "launching" or "throwing."
In a sentence
Elle court dans le parc en lançant un ballon à son ami.
She runs in the park, throwing a ball to her friend.
In this sentence, 'lançant' is used as a participle, indicating the simultaneous action of throwing a ball while running in the park.
Lançant des nouvelles idées, le groupe a commencé sa discussion.
By introducing new ideas, the group started their discussion.
Here, 'lançant' is used to describe the initiating action of presenting new ideas during the group's discussion.
Ils applaudissent l'athlète, lançant des cris d'encouragement.
They applaud the athlete, shouting words of encouragement.
In this instance, 'lançant' describes the action of shouting encouraging words, concurrent with the applause.
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