English Explanatory Dictionary

release

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
  2. The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
  3. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
  4. That which is released, untied or let go.
  5. The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
  6. Liberation from pain or suffering.
  7. The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
  8. The act or manner of ending a sound.
  9. In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
  10. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
  11. A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
  12. The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
verb
  1. To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
  2. To make available to the public.
  3. To free or liberate; to set free.
  4. To discharge.
  5. (of a call) To hang up.
  6. 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. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
  8. To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
  9. To set free a chemical substance.
  10. To launch; to come out; to become available.
verb
  1. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Pronunciation

/ɹəˈliːs/ /ɹɪˈliːs/ /ɹiˈliːs/ en-us-release.ogg /ɹiːˈliːs/

Word forms

release releases releasing released

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re-der. Old French re- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg- Proto-Indo-European *(s)leg-s-ós Latin laxus Proto-Indo-European *-h₂ Proto-Indo-European *-éh₂ Proto-Indo-European *-yéti Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂yéti Proto-Italic *-āō Latin -ō Latin laxō Vulgar Latin *laxicāre Vulgar Latin *lassicāre Old French laschier Old French relaschier Old French relaisserbor. Middle English relesen English release From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

Synonyms

quietus alleviation relief comfort consolation ease liss release respite solace climax satisfaction acme big O completion happy ending pleasure

Antonyms

hold

Derived words

autorelease bakery release paper balloon release cable release canary release compression release controlled-release cyclorelease cytokine release syndrome day release debt release design release engineer dot release myofascial release nonrelease point release policy by press release postrelease pre-release prerelease press release quick release skewer radiorelease release candidate release cock release from requirement release hallucination release mode release notes release time 3 release version release warrant release wave soft release spring-release timed-release time-release track-release work release misrelease photorelease catch and release corelease corticotropin-releasing hormone gonadotropin-releasing hormone releasable releasee releasement releaser release the handbrake release the kraken releasing hormone -relin rerelease thyrotropin-releasing hormone unrelease

Translations

Albanian: lëshoj Albanian: la Belarusian: вызвале́нне Bulgarian: освобожде́ние Bulgarian: отцепване Catalan: alliberament Chinese Mandarin: 放開 /放开 Chinese Mandarin: 鬆開 /松开 Chinese Mandarin: 釋放 /释放 Danish: frislippende Finnish: vapautus Finnish: vapauttaminen French: lâcher French: relâche Galician: liberar Galician: solta German: Entlassen Ancient Greek: λύσις Ancient Greek: ἄφεσις Hindi: मुक्ति Hungarian: szabadon bocsátás/engedés Hungarian: elengedés Hungarian: eleresztés Hungarian: kieresztés Hungarian: kioldó Hungarian: nyitó Icelandic: láta lausan Icelandic: útskrifa Irish: scaoil amach Irish: ligean Japanese: 釈放 Korean: 석방 Persian: رهاسازی Polish: wyzwolenie Portuguese: libertar Portuguese: liberar Romanian: eliberare Russian: освобожде́ние Spanish: liberación Spanish: libramiento Swedish: frisläppande Swedish: frigöring Turkish: serbest bırakma Ukrainian: визво́лення Ukrainian: зві́льнення Afrikaans: los Albanian: lësho Albanian: shlo (gheg) Southern Altai: божодор Arabic: حَرَّرَ Armenian: արձակել Belarusian: адпуска́ць Belarusian: адпусці́ць Bulgarian: пускам Bulgarian: освобождавам Catalan: alliberar Cherokee: ᏚᏲᏍᎦ Chinese Mandarin: 解放 Chinese Mandarin: 放出 Czech: uvolnit Danish: slippe Dutch: loslaten Finnish: irrottaa French: lâcher French: libérer Galician: ceibar Galician: liberar Galician: soltar German: loslassen Hebrew: שחרר Hindi: छोड़ना Hungarian: elenged Hungarian: elereszt Hungarian: ereszt Icelandic: sleppa Ingrian: päästää Irish: scaoil Irish: scaoil amach Irish: scaoil de Italian: liberare Japanese: 解放する Japanese: 放す Korean: 석방하다 Korean: 해방하다 Korean: 풀어 주다 Korean: 놓아 주다 Central Kurdish: بەردان Lithuanian: atleisti Māori: tuku Māori: whakatangatanga Māori: maheno Norman: r'lâchi Norwegian Bokmål: slippe Occitan: liberar Persian: رها کردن Portuguese: soltar Portuguese: liberar
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