release

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Editorial note

If they don't release the source, like BitTorrent Sync, they might as well just ditch this whole thing right now.

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Quick take

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of release gathered in one view.

noun

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

noun

the act of liberating someone or something

noun

a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for release.

noun

merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"

noun

the act of liberating someone or something

noun

a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"

noun

an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

noun

the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)

noun

euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"

See also: passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going

noun

a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation

noun

a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism

noun

activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"

noun

the act of allowing a fluid to escape

noun

a formal written statement of relinquishment

noun

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

verb

release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"

verb

grant freedom to; free from confinement

See also: free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose

verb

let (something) fall or spill from a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"

verb

prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"

verb

eliminate (a substance); "combustion products are exhausted in the engine"; "the plant releases a gas"

See also: exhaust, discharge, expel, eject

verb

generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"

verb

make (information) available for publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"

verb

part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"

verb

release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition

verb

make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"

Example sentences

If they don't release the source, like BitTorrent Sync, they might as well just ditch this whole thing right now.

Those who don't get access to stories and rely on press releases, generally boring.

We have never shipped a release with a secret bug or anything remotely close to that and then secretly told certain clients.

Hell, I'm even done with sketchy torrent sites, and different scene groups fighting over who gets to release what, and a billion codecs and formats.

It would be unethical if the tables were turned and ordinary citizens were getting their emails released.

"The original cliche refers to a phenomenon where overripe or rotten apples release ethylene gas, which is a ripening agent.

I never liked the fact that their schizophrenic content releases would appear during a timed window, only to disappear from my list later before I actually got a chance to watch it.

A hammer, represented as the horizontal pin, is released from a caught position with spring tension on it, which slams into the heart cam and forces it to reset to a predetermined position.

In an effort to disguise and mitigate the fact that they have little idea how to publish digital content properlyoften sneakily called "differentiation"some news outlets release apps for digital devices.

The only reason I got a good education was because with the release of Nelson Mandela, my parents were one of few to study at a previously white only university, and qualify for positions previously reserved for whites only.

Back before we had fancy alloy springs and were forced to use Steel as the material for mainsprings because that's all we knew, watches had problems where a freshly wound watch would run fast and a watch that hasn't been wound for a day or so would start to run slow, as the strength of the spring tapered off. The Geneva Drive was a solution, though it's more of a hack, to only let the spring release power inside the middle of it's power arc, by preventing the watch from unwinding past a certain low point and preventing the user from winding the spring up to it's strongest point.