English Online Dictionary. What means release? What does release mean?
English
Etymology 1
From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹəˈliːs/, /ɹɪˈliːs/, /ɹiˈliːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Noun
release (countable and uncountable, plural releases)
- The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- (software) The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
- Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- That which is released, untied or let go.
- (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
- Liberation from pain or suffering.
- Synonyms: alleviation, relief; see also Thesaurus:consolation
- (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
- (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
- (railways, historical) In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
- A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
- 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.
- The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
- The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
- Orgasm.
- Synonyms: climax, satisfaction; see also Thesaurus:orgasm
- Discharged semen
- (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.
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Derived terms
Translations
Verb
release (third-person singular simple present releases, present participle releasing, simple past and past participle released)
- (transitive) To let go of; to cease to hold or contain.
- (transitive) To make available to the public.
- (transitive) To free or liberate; to set free.
- (transitive) To discharge.
- (transitive, telephony) (of a call) To hang up.
- (transitive, law) 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.
- (transitive) To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
- (transitive, soccer) To set up; to provide with a goalscoring opportunity.
- (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
- (intransitive) To launch; to come out; to become available.
Antonyms
- hold
Derived terms
Translations
Etymology 2
From re- + lease.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɹiːˈliːs/
- Rhymes: -iːs
Verb
release (third-person singular simple present releases, present participle releasing, simple past and past participle released)
- (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.
Translations
Galician
Verb
release
- first/third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of relear