release

Meaning

Noun

1. (countable, uncountable) The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
2. (countable, uncountable) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
3. (countable, uncountable) Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
4. (countable, uncountable) That which is released, untied or let go.
5. (countable, uncountable) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
6. (countable, uncountable) Liberation from pain or suffering.
7. (countable, uncountable) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
8. (countable, uncountable) The act or manner of ending a sound.
9. (countable, historical, uncountable) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
10. (countable, uncountable) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
11. (countable, uncountable) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
12. (countable, uncountable) A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
13. (countable, uncountable) Orgasm.
14. (countable, uncountable) Discharged semen
15. (countable, uncountable) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

Verb

1. (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
2. (transitive) To make available to the public.
3. (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
4. (transitive) To discharge.
5. (transitive) (of a call) To hang up.
6. (transitive) To let go, quit (a legal claim); to discharge or relinquish a right to (lands or buildings) by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession.
7. (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
8. (transitive) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
9. To set free a chemical substance.
10. (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.

Verb

To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Synonyms

free

🆓

set free

liberate

let go

liberation

discharge

untie

loose

loosen

emancipate

rescue

issue

deliverance

deliver

unleash

publish

unfasten

relinquish

undo

send

leave

unloose

freeing

let loose

let out

exempt

freedom

disengage

publication

extricate

let go of

allow to go

let off

emancipation

save

allow

excuse

remit

dismiss

unbind

unchain

let

acquittal

emit

relieve

unloosen

dismissal

unblock

exemption

fire

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Translations

libérer

liberare

🆓

liberar

freilassen

soltar

loslaten

rilasciare

soltar

loslassen

libération

libertar

lâcher

délivrer

liberación

befreien

🆓

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ɹəˈliːs/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: relesen

In summary

From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

Sentences

There is no set release date for the game .

He did not sign with any other team after his release from the Saints .

No other release locations were confirmed by him at the time .

In December Korihait release Taft , because of health reasons .