release

Academic Word List, sublist 7.

About 37.59 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
2. noun The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
3. noun Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

   The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.

4. noun That which is released, untied or let go.

   They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.

5. noun The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
6. noun Liberation from pain or suffering.
7. noun The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
8. noun The act or manner of ending a sound.

Similar words

loose liberate liberation unloose expel discharge dismissal eject unblock departure

Often followed by

of from the and in is a to him

Word family

releasable released releases releasing