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Noun release has 11 senses
- release - merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film); "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
--1 is a kind of merchandise, wares, product
- liberation, release, freeing - the act of liberating someone or something
--2 is a kind of accomplishment, achievement
--2 has particulars:
- release - a process that liberates or discharges something; "there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
--3 is a kind of natural process, natural action, action, activity
--3 has particulars: emission
- handout, press release, release - an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
--4 is a kind of announcement, promulgation
- dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, release, sack, sacking - the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
--5 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--5 has particulars:
- passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going, release - euphemistic expressions for death; "thousands mourned his passing"
--6 is a kind of death, decease
- acquittance, release - a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
--7 is a kind of legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
- release, outlet, vent - activity that releases or expresses creative energy or emotion; "she had no other outlet for her feelings"; "he gave vent to his anger"
--8 is a kind of activity
- spill, spillage, release - the act of allowing a fluid to escape
--9 is a kind of flow, stream
- release, waiver, discharge - a formal written statement of relinquishment
--10 is a kind of relinquishment, relinquishing
--10 has particulars: exemption, immunity, granting immunity
- release, tone ending - (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
--11 is a kind of termination, ending, conclusion
--11 has particulars: plosion, explosion
Verb release has 9 senses
- let go of, let go, release, relinquish - release, as from one's grip; "Let go of the door handle, please!"; "relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall"
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
- free, liberate, release, unloose, unloosen, loose - grant freedom to; free from confinement
Sample sentence:
They want to release the prisoners
- turn, release - let (something) fall or spill a container; "turn the flour onto a plate"
--3 is one way to transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something PP
- discharge, expel, eject, release - eliminate (substances) from the body
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- publish, bring out, put out, issue, release - prepare and issue for public distribution or sale; "publish a magazine or newspaper"
--5 is one way to publicize, publicise, air, bare
Sample sentence:
Sam and Sue release the movie
- secrete, release - generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids; "secrete digestive juices"; "release a hormone into the blood stream"
--6 is one way to exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- free, release - make (information) available publication; "release the list with the names of the prisoners"
--7 is one way to issue, supply
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
- release, relinquish, resign, free, give up - part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to the throne"
--8 is one way to pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
- unblock, unfreeze, free, release - make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
--9 is one way to issue, supply
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
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