RELEASE


Meaning of RELEASE in English

v. & n.

--v.tr.

1. (often foll. by from) set free; liberate, unfasten.

2 allow to move from a fixed position.

3 a make (information, a recording, etc.) publicly or generally available. b issue (a film etc.) for general exhibition.

4 Law a remit (a debt). b surrender (a right). c make over (property or money) to another.

--n.

1. deliverance or liberation from a restriction, duty, or difficulty.

2 a handle or catch that releases part of a mechanism.

3 a document or item of information made available for publication (press release).

4 a a film or record etc. that is released. b the act or an instance of releasing or the process of being released in this way.

5 Law a the act of releasing (property, money, or a right) to another. b a document effecting this.

Derivatives:

releasable adj. releasee n. (in sense 4 of v.). releaser n. releasor n. (in sense 4 of v.).

Etymology: ME f. OF reles (n.), relesser (v.), relaiss(i)er f. L relaxare: see RELAX

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.