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Definition of Release

1. Noun. Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film). "A new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

2. Verb. Release, as from one's grip. "Relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

3. Verb. Grant freedom to; free from confinement. "They want to release the prisoners "

4. Noun. The act of liberating someone or something.

5. Verb. Let (something) fall or spill from a container. ; "Turn the flour onto a plate"

6. Noun. A process that liberates or discharges something. "The release of iodine from the thyroid gland"

7. Verb. Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. "Sam and Sue release the movie "; "Publish a magazine or newspaper"

8. Noun. An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.

9. Verb. Eliminate (a substance). "The plant releases a gas"

10. Noun. The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).

11. Verb. Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids. "Release a hormone into the blood stream"

12. Noun. Euphemistic expressions for death. "Thousands mourned his passing"

13. Verb. Make (information) available for publication. "Release the list with the names of the prisoners"

14. Noun. A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.

15. Verb. Part with a possession or right. "Resign a claim to the throne"

16. Noun. A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.

17. Verb. Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition.

18. Noun. Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion. "He gave vent to his anger"

19. Noun. The act of allowing a fluid to escape.

20. Verb. Make (assets) available. "Release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

21. Noun. A formal written statement of relinquishment.

22. Noun. (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.

Definition of Release

1. v. t. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

2. v. t. To let loose again; to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude; to give liberty to, or to set at liberty; to let go.

3. n. The act of letting loose or freeing, or the state of being let loose or freed; liberation or discharge from restraint of any kind, as from confinement or bondage.

4. n. A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required;

Definition of Release

1. Noun. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be both public or private. ¹

2. Noun. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale). ¹

3. Noun. That which is released, untied or let go. ¹

4. Verb. To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back. ¹

5. Verb. To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain. ¹

6. Verb. To make available to the public. ¹

7. Verb. To free or liberate; to set free. ¹

8. Verb. To discharge. ¹

9. Verb. (telephone) (qualifier of a call) To hang up. ¹

10. Verb. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Release

1. to set free [v -LEASED, -LEASING, -LEASES]

Medical Definition of Release

1. Abscission agent for loosening citrus fruit before harvesting Synonym: 5-chloro-3-methyl-4-nitro-1h-pyrazole (26 Jun 1999)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Release

relayers relaying relays relbun relcovaptan relead releaded releading releads relearn

relearned relearning relearns relearnt releasable release (current term) release candidate release candidates release factor release notes

release phenomenon release version released released substance releasee releasees releaser releasers releases

Literary usage of Release

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine (1903)
"(9, 10) :d that hormone release from the neu- physis and adrenal medulla is ... Duncan's new multiple range test was used for comparing the mean release of ..."

2. South Eastern Reporter by West Virginia Supreme Court of Appeals, West Publishing Company, South Carolina Supreme Court (1922)
"The conversation carried on relative to the "company release" was by writing, the only way by which the deaf mute could communicate except by the use of ..."

3. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1875)
"272, ЯЗ. first lessee enters, a release to the pel-son in remainder for years u> good to enlarge his estate. Mr. Hargrave's note 3 to Co. Litt. 270, a. ..."

4. Commentaries on the Laws of England: In Four Books by William Blackstone, George Sharswood, Barron Field (1908)
"An estate at will is sufficient to found a release upon, (Litt. а. ... 49 If one joint-tenant assign to the other, it operates as a release, and must be so ..."

5. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1885)
"1868, la not In conflict with that provision of the State Constitution which forbids, for anv purpose whatever, a release of the Hen held by the State upon ..."

6. United States Supreme Court Reports by Lawyers Co-operative Publishing Company, United States Supreme Court (1904)
"The release is "of «11 claims of every kind and character whatsoever," arising, ... They add nothing else whatever to the meaning of the release. ..."

7. The Law-dictionary, Explaining the Rise, Progress, and Present State of the ...by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger by Thomas Edlyne Tomlins, Thomas Colpitts Granger (1835)
"See release I. For further information as to the principles in which this form ... When an estate is conveyed by lease and release, in the lease for a year ..."

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