RELEASE


Meaning of RELEASE in English

(~s, releasing, ~d)

Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English.

1.

If a person or animal is ~d from somewhere where they have been locked up or looked after, they are set free or allowed to go.

He was ~d from custody the next day...

He was ~d on bail.

VERB: usu passive, be V-ed from n, be V-ed

2.

When someone is ~d, you refer to their ~.

He called for the immediate ~ of all political prisoners.

N-COUNT: with supp

3.

If someone or something ~s you from a duty, task, or feeling, they free you from it. (FORMAL)

Divorce ~s both the husband and wife from all marital obligations to each other...

This ~s the teacher to work with individuals who are having extreme difficulty.

VERB: V n from n, V n

Release is also a noun.

...~ from stored tensions, traumas and grief...

N-UNCOUNT: also a N, oft N from N

4.

To ~ feelings or abilities means to allow them to be expressed.

Becoming your own person ~s your creativity...

VERB: V n

Release is also a noun.

She felt the sudden sweet ~ of her own tears.

N-UNCOUNT

5.

If someone in authority ~s something such as a document or information, they make it available.

They’re not releasing any more details yet...

VERB: V n

Release is also a noun.

Action had been taken to speed up the ~ of cheques.

N-COUNT: with supp

6.

If you ~ someone or something, you stop holding them. (FORMAL)

He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist.

VERB: V n

7.

If you ~ a device, you move it so that it stops holding something.

Wade ~d the hand brake and pulled away from the curb.

VERB

8.

If something ~s gas, heat, or a substance, it causes it to leave its container or the substance that it was part of and enter the surrounding atmosphere or area.

...a weapon which ~s toxic nerve gas...

VERB: V n

Release is also a noun.

Under the agreement, ~s of cancer-causing chemicals will be cut by about 80 per cent.

N-COUNT: with supp

9.

When an entertainer or company ~s a new CD, video, or film, it becomes available so that people can buy it or see it.

He is releasing an album of love songs.

VERB: V n

10.

A new ~ is a new CD, video, or film that has just become available for people to buy or see.

Which of the new ~s do you think are really good?

N-COUNT

11.

If a film or video is on ~ or on general ~, it is available for people to see in public cinemas or for people to buy.

The video has sold three million copies in its first three weeks on ~.

N-UNCOUNT: on N

12.

see also day ~ , news ~ , press ~

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