release
noun
1. merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
- a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra
Definition categories: man–made, merchandise, product, ware
2. the act of liberating someone or something
Similar word(s): freeing, liberation
Definition categories: act, accomplishment, achievement
3. a process that liberates or discharges something
- there was a sudden release of oxygen
- the release of iodine from the thyroid gland
Definition categories: process, action, activity
4. an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Similar word(s): handout
Definition categories: communication, announcement, promulgation
5. the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Similar word(s): discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
Definition categories: act, conclusion, ending, termination
6. euphemistic expressions for death
Similar word(s): departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing
Definition categories: event, death, decease, expiry
7. a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Similar word(s): acquittance
Definition categories: communication, instrument
8. a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Similar word(s): button
Definition categories: man–made, device
9. activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Definition categories: act, activity
10. the act of allowing a fluid to escape
Similar word(s): spill, spillage
Definition categories: act, flow, stream
11. a formal written statement of relinquishment
Similar word(s): discharge, waiver
Definition categories: act, relinquishing, relinquishment
12. (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
Definition categories: act, conclusion, ending, termination
Sentences with release as a noun:
- The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.
- They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
verb
1. release, as from one's grip
- relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
Similar word(s): relinquish
Definition categories: contact
2. grant freedom to; free from confinement
Similar word(s): free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen
Definition categories: social
3. let (something) fall or spill from a container
Similar word(s): turn
Definition categories: contact, channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport
4. prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Similar word(s): issue, publish
Definition categories: communication, air, bare, publicise, publicize
5. eliminate (a substance)
- the plant releases a gas
Similar word(s): discharge, eject, exhaust, expel
Definition categories: body
6. generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
- release a hormone into the blood stream
Similar word(s): secrete
Definition categories: body, exudate, exude, ooze, transude
7. make (information) available for publication
- release the list with the names of the prisoners
Similar word(s): free
Definition categories: social, issue, supply
8. part with a possession or right
- I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest
Similar word(s): free, relinquish, resign
Definition categories: possession, give, hand, pass, reach
9. release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
Similar word(s): free, liberate
Definition categories: creation, generate
10. make (assets) available
- release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Similar word(s): free, unblock, unfreeze
Definition categories: change, issue, supply
Sentences with release as a verb:
- He released his grasp on the lever.
- They released the new product later than intended.
- He was released after two years in prison.
- They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.
- If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.