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release
[ ri-lees ]
verb (used with object)
- to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go:
to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
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- to free from anything that restrains, fastens, etc.:
to release a catapult.
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- to allow to be known, issued, done, or exhibited:
to release an article for publication.
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- Law. to give up, relinquish, or surrender (a right, claim, etc.).
noun
- a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc.
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- liberation from anything that restrains or fastens.
- some device or agency for effecting such liberation.
- a grant of permission, as to publish, use, or sell something.
- the releasing of something for publication, performance, use, exhibition, or sale.
- the film, book, record, etc., that is released.
- Law.
- the surrender of a right or the like to another.
- a document embodying such a surrender.
- Law Obsolete. a remission, as of a debt, tax, or tribute.
- Machinery.
- a control mechanism for starting or stopping a machine, especially by removing some restrictive apparatus.
- the opening of an exhaust port or valve at or near the working stroke of an engine so that the working fluid can be exhausted on the return stroke.
- the point in the stroke of an engine at which the exhaust port or valve is opened.
- (in jazz or popular music) a bridge.
release
/ ɪˈː /
verb
- to free (a person, animal, etc) from captivity or imprisonment
- to free (someone) from obligation or duty
- to free (something) from (one's grip); let go or fall
- to issue (a record, film, book, etc) for sale or circulation
- to make (news or information) known or allow (news or information) to be made known
to release details of an agreement
- law to relinquish (a right, claim, title, etc) in favour of someone else
- ethology to evoke (a response) through the presentation of a stimulus that produces the response innately
noun
- the act of freeing or state of being freed, as from captivity, imprisonment, duty, pain, life, etc
- the act of issuing for sale or publication
- something issued for sale or public showing, esp a film or a record
a new release from Bob Dylan
- a news item, document, etc, made available for publication, broadcasting, etc
- law the surrender of a claim, right, title, etc, in favour of someone else
- a control mechanism for starting or stopping an engine
- the opening of the exhaust valve of a steam engine near the end of the piston stroke
- the moment at which this valve opens
- the electronic control regulating how long a note sounds after a synthesizer key has been released
- the control mechanism for the shutter in a camera
Derived Forms
- ˈ, noun
Other 51Թ Forms
- ·a·i·ٲ noun
- ·a· ·i· adjective
- ԴDzr· noun
- un·a· adjective
- un·i· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of release1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of release1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
Their son Jonathan called on the White House to intervene after Faye Hall, an American who was detained alongside them, was released last week by the Taliban, which returned to power in Afghanistan in 2021.
The results of the investigation are expected to be released in about two months.
It would be his first release since his critically acclaimed 2022 grunge-rock-meets boom bap hip-hop debut album “Jack in the Box.”
Studies have found that particulate pollution known as PM 2.5, which is released by vehicles, industrial smokestacks and wildfires, can be attributed to as many as 200,000 excess deaths each year.
Farben executives, was released after four years and returned to the business world.
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More About Release
What is a basic definition ofrelease?
Release means to free from imprisonment or confinement, to free from anything that is acting as a constraint, or to allow something to be out in the open. The word release has many other senses as a verb and a noun.
When a person is released, they are freed from their captivity or anything else that was hindering their freedom. This sense of release is an antonym of words like imprison, detain, or confine.
- Real-life examples: A person is released from prison once they complete their sentence. For the most part, a person is released from debt if they declare bankruptcy. Parents often force children to release wild animals back to wherever they came from.
- Used in a sentence: Whenever I go fishing, I always release the fish back into the water after catching them.
Release is also used in this same sense as a noun.
- Used in a sentence: The king paid for the release of his son from the enemy.
Release is also used figuratively to mean to free anything from any kind of restraint.
- Used in a sentence: I released the rope and let it fall down into the hole.
Release can also mean to allow something to be freely distributed or sold to the public.
- Real-life examples: Authors release new books. Musicians release new albums. The government sometimes releases information to the press. Researchers release the results of tests or studies to the public.
- Used in a sentence: Stephen King just released a new book that I really want to read.
Release is used in this same sense as a noun.
- Used in a sentence: People lined up to buy Beyoncé’s newest release.
Where doesrelease come from?
The first records of release come from the early 1300s. It ultimately comes from the Latin verb , meaning “to loosen, stretch out.” The English word relax shares this origin.
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What are some other forms related to release?
- releaser (noun)
- releasability (noun)
- releasable (adjective)
- nonrelease (noun)
- unreleasable (adjective)
What are some synonyms for release?
What are some words that share a root or word element with release?
What are some words that often get used in discussing release?
What are some words release may be commonly confused with?
How isrelease used in real life?
Release is a common word that most often means to free something or to make something available to the public.
I'm so emotional right now. My dad is being released from jail!!! He's been there since I was 5 😭
— Matthew Lush (@MatthewLush)
My daughter and I rescued and released a bird that was stuck in our basement. So now when I hear the meadowlarks sing I will assume that it is a ballad about our kindness and heroism.
— Ben Fowlkes (@benfowlkesMMA)
Migos just released a new album with 24 songs that sound like the previous 250 songs they have made.
— Piques (@piques15)
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True or False?
If a prisoner is released from jail, it means they aren’t locked up anymore and are free to leave.
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