release

release

See also: re-lease

English

Etymology 1

From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈliːs/

• Audio (GA)

  (file)

• Rhymes: -iːs

Noun

release (countable and uncountable, plural releases)

1. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
   • 2013 May-June, Charles T. Ambrose, “Alzheimer’s Disease”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 3, page 200:

     Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

2. (software) The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
3. Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).

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

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

   They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.

5. (law) The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
6. Liberation from pain or suffering.
7. (biochemistry) The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
8. (phonetics, sound synthesis) The act or manner of ending a sound.
9. (railways, historical) 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.
    1. 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.
    2. The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
    3. The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken
11. Orgasm.

    she quivered in release

12. (music) A kind of bridge used in jazz music.

Derived terms

• balloon release
• canary release
• debt release
• prerelease
• release from requirement
• release mode
• release notes
• release wave
• track-release

 

Translations

event of setting free

Belarusian: вызвале́нне n (vyzvaljénnje) Bulgarian: освобожде́ние (bg) n (osvoboždénie) Catalan: alliberament (ca) m Chinese: Mandarin: 放開／放开 (zh) (fàngkāi), 鬆開／松开 (zh) (sōngkāi), 釋放／释放 (zh) (shìfàng) Danish: frislippende n Finnish: vapautus (fi), vapauttaminen (fi) French: lâcher (fr) m, relâche (fr) f Galician: liberar (gl), solta f German: Entlassen n Greek: Ancient: λύσις f (lúsis), ἄφεσις f (áphesis) Hungarian: szabadon bocsátás/engedés, elengedés (hu), eleresztés, kieresztés Icelandic: láta lausan, útskrifa Irish: scaoil amach, ligean m Korean: 석방 (ko) (seokbang) Polish: wyzwolenie (pl) n Portuguese: libertar (pt), liberar (pt) Romanian: eliberare (ro) f Russian: освобожде́ние (ru) n (osvoboždénije) Spanish: liberación (es) f Swedish: frisläppande n, frigöring c Turkish: serbest bırakma Ukrainian: визво́лення n (vyzvólennja), зві́льнення n (zvílʹnennja)

software: distribution of a computer software product

Belarusian: вы́пуск m (výpusk), рэлі́з m (relíz) Breton: handelv (br) f Catalan: versió (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 發行／发行 (zh) (fāxíng), 發布／发布 (zh) (fābù) Czech: vydání (cs) n Danish: version, udgave Esperanto: eldono, versio Finnish: julkaisu (fi), julkaiseminen (fi) French: version (fr) f German: Version (de) f Greek: έκδοση (el) f (ékdosi) Hebrew: גרסה‎ (he) f (girsá) Hungarian: forgalomba hozás/hozatal, kibocsátás (hu), megjelenés (hu), megjelentetés Italian: versione (it) f Japanese: リリース (ja) (rirīsu) Korean: 릴리스 (rilliseu) Polish: wersja (pl) f, wydanie (pl) n Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m, versão (pt) Russian: рели́з (ru) m (relíz), вы́пуск (ru) m (výpusk), ве́рсия (ru) f (vérsija) Spanish: versión (es) f Telugu: విడుదల (te) (viḍudala) Ukrainian: ви́пуск m (výpusk), релі́з m (relíz) Vietnamese: phiên bản (vi)

product made recently available

Catalan: estrena (ca) f Danish: udgave Finnish: uutuus (fi) French: sortie (fr) f, parution (fr) f German: Veröffentlichung (de) f Hebrew: כותר‎ (he) m (kotár) Hungarian: frissen forgalomba hozott termék Polish: nowość (pl) f Portuguese: lançamento (pt) m Romanian: lansare (ro) f Russian: нови́нка (ru) f (novínka), рели́з (ru) m (relíz) Spanish: lanzamiento (es) m

that which is released or let go

Catalan: alliberat (ca) m Finnish: vapautus (fi) German: Freisetzung (de) f Greek: ελευθέρωση (el) f (elefthérosi), απελευθέρωση (el) f (apelefthérosi) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەربوون‎ (ku) (berbûn) Polish: wyzwolenie (pl) n, uwolnienie (pl) n Spanish: soltado (es) m, descargado (es) m Telugu: విడుదలైన (viḍudalaina) Vietnamese: (please verify) sự thả

law: giving up of a claim; debt release

Dutch: kwijtschelding (nl) f French: remise de dette (fr) f German: Schulderlass m Hungarian: mentesítés (hu), felmentvény Italian: remissione di debito f Portuguese: remissão de dívida f Romanian: remiterea de datorie f Spanish: remisión de deuda f

biochemistry

Finnish: vapauttaminen (fi) French: libération (fr) Italian: liberazione (it) Portuguese: liberação (pt) Spanish: liberación (es)

liberation from pain or suffering

Bulgarian: облекчение (bg) n (oblekčenie) Hungarian: enyhülés (hu)

a device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required

Bulgarian: отцепване (bg) n (otcepvane) Hungarian: kioldó, nyitó (hu)

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Irish: (please verify) scaoilteán m

Verb

release (third-person singular simple present releases, present participle releasing, simple past and past participle released)

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

   He released his grasp on the lever.

2. To make available to the public.

   They released the new product later than intended.

3. To free or liberate; to set free.

   He was released after two years in prison.

4. To discharge.

   They released thousands of gallons of water into the river each month.

5. (telephony) (of a call) To hang up.

   If you continue to use abusive language, I will need to release the call.

6. (law) To let go, as a legal claim; to discharge or relinquish a right to, as lands or tenements, by conveying to another who has some right or estate in possession, as when the person in remainder releases his right to the tenant in possession; to quit.
7. To loosen; to relax; to remove the obligation of.
   • 1594–1597, Richard Hooker, J[ohn] S[penser], editor, Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie, […], London: […] Will[iam] Stansby [for Matthew Lownes], published 1611, OCLC 931154958, (please specify the page):

     punishments inflicted and released

8. (soccer) To set up; to provide with a goal-scoring opportunity
   • 2011 September 13, Sam Lyon, “Borussia Dortmund 1-1 Arsenal”, in BBC:

     With the Gunners far too lightweight in midfield, Mikel Arteta dropped back into a deeper-lying role. This freed Yossi Benayoun to go further forward, a move that helped forge a rare Arsenal chance on 30 minutes when the Israeli released Van Persie, only for the Dutchman's snap-shot to be tipped around the post.

9. (biochemistry) To set free a chemical substance.
10. (intransitive) to come out; be out.

    when the game releases

    the new model will release on ...

Antonyms

• hold

Translations

to let go (of)

Afrikaans: los (af) Arabic: حَرَّرَ‎ (ar) (ḥarrara) Armenian: արձակել (hy) (arjakel) Belarusian: адпуска́ць impf (adpuskácʹ), адпусці́ць pf (adpuscícʹ) Bulgarian: пускам (bg) (puskam), освобождавам (bg) (osvoboždavam) Catalan: alliberar (ca) Cherokee: ᏚᏲᏍᎦ (duyosga) Chinese: Mandarin: 解放 (zh) (jiěfàng), 放出 (zh) (fàngchū) Czech: uvolnit (cs) Dutch: loslaten (nl) Finnish: irrottaa (fi) French: lâcher (fr), libérer (fr) Galician: ceibar, liberar (gl), soltar (gl) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: loslassen (de) Hebrew: שחרר‎ (he) (shikhrér) Hungarian: elenged (hu) Irish: scaoil, scaoil amach, scaoil de Italian: liberare (it) Japanese: 解放する (ja) (かいほうする, kaihō suru), 放す (ja) (はなす, hanasu) Korean: 석방하다 (ko) (seokbanghada), 해방하다 (ko) (haebanghada) Kurdish: Central Kurdish: بەردان‎ (ku) (berdan) Maori: tuku, whakatangatanga, maheno Norman: r'lâchi Norwegian: Bokmål: slippe (no) Occitan: liberar (oc) Persian: رها کردن‎ (fa) (rahâ kardan) Portuguese: soltar (pt), liberar (pt) Russian: отпуска́ть (ru) impf (otpuskátʹ), отпусти́ть (ru) pf (otpustítʹ), освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ), выпуска́ть (ru) impf (vypuskátʹ), вы́пустить (ru) pf (výpustitʹ) Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (sa) (muñcati) Sorbian: Lower Sorbian: pušćaś impf Spanish: liberar (es), soltar (es) Swedish: släppa (sv), lössläppa Telugu: అనుమతి (te) (anumati) Tocharian B: tärk- Turkish: tahliye etmek (tr), bırakmak (tr), salıvermek (tr) Ukrainian: відпуска́ти impf (vidpuskáty), відпусти́ти pf (vidpustýty) Vietnamese: thả (vi) Welsh: gollwng (cy) Yiddish: באַפֿרײַען‎ (bafrayen)

to make available to the public

Afrikaans: publiseer (af) Armenian: թողարկել (hy) (tʿołarkel), հրապարակել (hy) (hraparakel) Belarusian: выпуска́ць impf (vypuskácʹ), вы́пусціць pf (výpuscicʹ) Bulgarian: публикувам (bg) (publikuvam) Catalan: estrenar (ca), publicar (ca), llançar (ca) Dutch: uitbrengen (nl) Finnish: julkistaa (fi) French: sortir (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: veröffentlichen (de) Hebrew: הוציא לאור‎ (he) (hotzí l'ór), הוציא לשוק‎ (hotzí l'shúk) Hungarian: forgalomba hoz, megjelentet (hu), kibocsát (hu), nyilvánosságra hoz, közzétesz (hu), kiad (hu), kihoz (hu) Italian: distribuire (it) Japanese: 発売する (ja) (はつばいする, hatsubai suru), リリースする (ja) (rirīsu suru) Korean: 발매하다 (ko) (balmaehada) Norwegian: Bokmål: slippe (no), gi ut Portuguese: lançar (pt) Russian: выпуска́ть (ru) impf (vypuskátʹ), вы́пустить (ru) pf (výpustitʹ) Spanish: lanzar (es), publicar (es) Swedish: släppa (sv), ge ut (sv) Turkish: neşretmek (tr), yayımlamak (tr), yayınlamak (tr) Ukrainian: випуска́ти impf (vypuskáty), ви́пустити pf (výpustyty) Vietnamese: phát hành (vi) Yiddish: אַרויסגעבן‎ (aroysgebn)

to free or liberate

Afrikaans: verlos Arabic: أطلق سراح‎, حَرَّرَ‎ (ar) (ḥarrara) Armenian: արձակել (hy) (arjakel), ազատել (hy) (azatel) Belarusian: вызваля́ць impf (vyzvaljácʹ), вы́зваліць pf (výzvalicʹ), адпуска́ць impf (adpuskácʹ), адпусці́ць pf (adpuscícʹ) Bulgarian: освобожда́вам (bg) impf (osvoboždávam), освободя́ pf (osvobodjá) Catalan: alliberar (ca) Chinese: Mandarin: 釋放／释放 (zh) (shìfàng) Dutch: vrijlaten (nl) Finnish: vapauttaa (fi) French: libérer (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: freilassen (de), freisetzen (de), befreien (de) Greek: Ancient: λύω (lúō) Haitian Creole: lage Hungarian: szabadon enged (hu), szabadon bocsát (hu), kienged (hu), elenged (hu) Irish: scaoil amach Italian: rilasciare (it) Japanese: 釈放する (ja) (しゃくほうする, shakuhō suru) Korean: 석방하다 (ko) (seokbanghada), 풀어주다 (pureojuda) Maore Comorian: ujeledza Norwegian: Bokmål: frigi, slippe ut Occitan: liberar (oc) Polish: uwalniać (pl) impf, uwolnić (pl) pf Portuguese: soltar (pt), liberar (pt) Russian: освобожда́ть (ru) impf (osvoboždátʹ), освободи́ть (ru) pf (osvobodítʹ), отпуска́ть (ru) impf (otpuskátʹ), отпусти́ть (ru) pf (otpustítʹ) Sanskrit: मुञ्चति (sa) (muñcati) Spanish: liberar (es) Swedish: frige (sv) Turkish: hürriyetine kavuşturmak, serbest bırakmak (tr) Ukrainian: звільня́ти impf (zvilʹnjáty), звільни́ти pf (zvilʹnýty), відпуска́ти impf (vidpuskáty), відпусти́ти pf (vidpustýty) Vietnamese: thả (vi) (from prison), (from oppression) giải phóng (vi) Welsh: rhyddhau (cy) Yiddish: באַפֿרײַען‎ (bafrayen)

to discharge

Armenian: արձակել (hy) (arjakel), բաց թողնել (bacʿ tʿołnel) Catalan: amollar (ca) Finnish: päästää (fi) French: quittancer (fr) Georgian: please add this translation if you can German: freisetzen (de) Hebrew: שחרר‎ (he) Hungarian: enged (hu), kienged (hu), kibocsát (hu), ereszt (hu) Irish: scaoil Italian: scaricare (it) Norwegian: Bokmål: slippe ut Portuguese: liberar (pt) Telugu: విడుదల (te) (viḍudala) Turkish: dışarı vermek Vietnamese: xả (vi)

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Telugu: (please verify) విడుచు (te) (viḍucu) (viDuchu), (please verify) విడిపించు (viḍipiñcu) (viDipiMchu)

Etymology 2

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)

1. (transitive) To lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back.

Translations

to lease again; to grant a new lease of; to let back

Italian: rilasciare (it)