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RELEASE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The act of liberating someone or something
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
accomplishment; achievement (the action of accomplishing something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "release"):
jail delivery (the use of force to liberate prisoners)
deregulating; deregulation (the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations))
relief (the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged)
disentanglement; extrication; unsnarling; untangling (the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition)
emancipation (freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child)
clearing (the act of freeing from suspicion)
manumission (the formal act of freeing from slavery)
parole ((law) a conditional release from imprisonment that entitles the person to serve the remainder of the sentence outside the prison as long as the terms of release are complied with)
probation ((law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them; a defendant found guilty of a crime is released by the court without imprisonment subject to conditions imposed by the court)
Derivation:
release (grant freedom to; free from confinement)
Sense 2
Meaning:
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
Synonyms:
release; tone ending
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Domain category:
music (an artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "release"):
explosion; plosion (the terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant)
Sense 3
Meaning:
A formal written statement of relinquishment
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
relinquishing; relinquishment (the act of giving up and abandoning a struggle or task etc.)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "release"):
exemption; granting immunity; immunity (an act exempting someone)
Derivation:
release (part with a possession or right)
Sense 4
Meaning:
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Synonyms:
discharge; dismissal; dismission; firing; liberation; release; sack; sacking
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
conclusion; ending; termination (the act of ending something)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "release"):
Section Eight (a discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable)
dishonorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces for a grave offense (as sabotage or espionage or cowardice or murder))
honorable discharge (a discharge from the armed forces with a commendable record)
deactivation; inactivation (breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges))
removal (dismissal from office)
conge; congee (an abrupt and unceremonious dismissal)
superannuation (the act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension))
Sense 5
Meaning:
The act of allowing a fluid to escape
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)
Derivation:
release (let (something) fall or spill from a container)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Example:
he gave vent to his anger
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Sense 7
Meaning:
Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
Example:
a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Derivation:
release (prepare and issue for public distribution or sale)
release (make (information) available for publication)
Sense 8
Meaning:
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Synonyms:
button; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Sense 9
Meaning:
A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Synonyms:
acquittance; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
instrument; legal document; legal instrument; official document ((law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right)
Domain category:
jurisprudence; law (the collection of rules imposed by authority)
Derivation:
release (part with a possession or right)
Sense 10
Meaning:
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Synonyms:
handout; press release; release
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen)
Sense 11
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Example:
thousands mourned his passing
Synonyms:
departure; exit; expiration; going; loss; passing; release
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Domain usage:
euphemism (an inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh)
Sense 12
Meaning:
A process that liberates or discharges something
Example:
the release of iodine from the thyroid gland
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
action; activity; natural action; natural process (a process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "release"):
emission (the release of electrons from parent atoms)
Derivation:
release (generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids)
release (eliminate (a substance))
II. (verb)
Verb forms
Present simple: I / you / we / they release ... he / she / it releases
Past simple: released
Past participle: released
-ing form: releasing
Sense 1
Meaning:
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
Example:
release a hormone into the blood stream
Synonyms:
release; secrete
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
exudate; exude; ooze; ooze out; transude (release (a liquid) in drops or small quantities)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
water (secrete or form water, as tears or saliva)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
release (a process that liberates or discharges something)
Sense 2
Meaning:
Eliminate (a substance)
Example:
the plant releases a gas
Synonyms:
discharge; eject; exhaust; expel; release
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))
fester; maturate; suppurate (ripen and generate pus)
eruct; spew; spew out (eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical)
bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)
egest; eliminate; excrete; pass (eliminate from the body)
ovulate (produce and discharge eggs)
abort (terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion)
ejaculate (eject semen)
blow (free of obstruction by blowing air through)
cough out; cough up; expectorate; spit out; spit up (discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
release (a process that liberates or discharges something)
Sense 3
Meaning:
Make (assets) available
Example:
release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Synonyms:
free; release; unblock; unfreeze
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
issue; supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 4
Meaning:
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Example:
publish a magazine or newspaper
Synonyms:
bring out; issue; publish; put out; release
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
air; bare; publicise; publicize (make public)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
edit (supervise the publication of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Sentence example:
Sam and Sue release the movie
Derivation:
release (merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film))
Sense 5
Meaning:
Let (something) fall or spill from a container
Example:
turn the flour onto a plate
Synonyms:
release; turn
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
channel; channelise; channelize; transfer; transmit; transport (send from one person or place to another)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
deflate (release contained air or gas from)
throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Derivation:
release (the act of allowing a fluid to escape)
Sense 6
Meaning:
Release, as from one's grip
Example:
relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
Synonyms:
let go; let go of; release; relinquish
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
disengage; withdraw (release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles)
unleash (release from a leash)
let loose; loose; unleash (turn loose or free from restraint)
unleash (release or vent)
bring out; let out (bring out of a specific state)
unhand (remove the hand from)
toggle (release by a toggle switch)
pop (release suddenly)
unclasp (release from a clasp)
discharge; muster out (release from military service)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 7
Meaning:
Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
Synonyms:
free; liberate; release
Classified under:
Verbs of sewing, baking, painting, performing
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
bring forth; generate (bring into existence)
Domain category:
chemical science; chemistry (the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
Sense 8
Meaning:
Part with a possession or right
Example:
resign a claim to the throne
Synonyms:
free; give up; release; relinquish; resign
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
give; hand; pass; pass on; reach; turn over (place into the hands or custody of)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
derequisition (release from government control)
give; sacrifice (endure the loss of)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Derivation:
release (a formal written statement of relinquishment)
release (a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation)
Sense 9
Meaning:
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
Synonyms:
free; liberate; loose; release; unloose; unloosen
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
unspell (release from a spell)
unchain (make free)
bail (release after a security has been paid)
run (set animals loose to graze)
bail out (free on bail)
parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to release the prisoners
Derivation:
release (the act of liberating someone or something)
Sense 10
Meaning:
Make (information) available for publication
Example:
release the list with the names of the prisoners
Synonyms:
free; release
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
issue; supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
declassify (lift the restriction on and make available again)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
Derivation:
release (merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film))
Context examples:
Powerful hydrothermal vents eject material from Enceladus' core, which mixes with water from the moon's massive subsurface ocean before it is released into space as water vapor and ice grains.
(New Organic Compounds Found in Enceladus Ice Grains, NASA)
Individuals with a higher NM-MRI signal had greater dopamine release capacity in the striatum (a core component of reward, motor, and cognitive systems).
(Neuromelanin-sensitive MRI identified as a potential biomarker for psychosis, National Institutes of Health)
He will understand and release you.
(Martin Eden, by Jack London)
A report released this week reveals 381 new species of plants and animals found in the Amazon between 2014 and 2015.
(Report unveils 381 new plant and animal species in Amazon, Agência Brasil)
As he said this, he released me from his clutch, and only looked at me.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
Shocking as was the idea, it was at least better than a death unfairly hastened, as, in the natural course of things, she must ere long be released.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
Will Hyde die upon the scaffold? or will he find courage to release himself at the last moment?
(The Strange Case Of Dr. Jekyll And Mr. Hyde, by Robert Louis Stevenson)
Therefore, she must not be released.
(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
He would act for her and release her.
(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)
Organic compounds and particular matter released when burning forests to clear land for agriculture can kill human lung cells or lead to irreversible damage to DNA, according to a new study.
(Lung damage from agricultural fires probed, SciDev.Net)
