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English noun: release | |||
| 1. | release (artifact) merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) | ||
| Samples | A new release from the London Symphony Orchestra. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | merchandise, product, ware | ||
| 2. | release (act) the act of liberating someone or something | ||
| Synonyms | freeing, liberation | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | accomplishment, achievement | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | clearing, deregulating, deregulation, disentanglement, emancipation, extrication, jail delivery, manumission, parole, probation, relief, unsnarling, untangling | ||
| 3. | release (process) a process that liberates or discharges something | ||
| Samples | There was a sudden release of oxygen. The release of iodine from the thyroid gland. | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | action, activity, natural action, natural process | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | emission | ||
| 4. | release (communication) an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation | ||
| Synonyms | handout, press release | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | announcement, promulgation | ||
| 5. | release (act) the termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart) | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, dismissal, dismission, firing, liberation, sack, sacking | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | conge, congee, deactivation, dishonorable discharge, honorable discharge, inactivation, removal, Section Eight, superannuation | ||
| 6. | release (event) euphemistic expressions for death | ||
| Samples | Thousands mourned his passing. | ||
| Synonyms | departure, exit, expiration, going, loss, passing | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | death, decease, expiry | ||
| Domain usage | euphemism | ||
| 7. | release (communication) a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | ||
| Synonyms | acquittance | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | instrument, legal document, legal instrument, official document | ||
| Domain category | jurisprudence, law | ||
| 8. | release (artifact) a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism | ||
| Synonyms | button | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | device | ||
| 9. | release (act) activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion | ||
| Samples | She had no other outlet for her feelings. He gave vent to his anger. | ||
| Synonyms | outlet, vent | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | activity | ||
| 10. | release (act) the act of allowing a fluid to escape | ||
| Synonyms | spill, spillage | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | flow, stream | ||
| 11. | release (act) a formal written statement of relinquishment | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, waiver | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | relinquishing, relinquishment | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | exemption, granting immunity, immunity | ||
| 12. | release (act) (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone | ||
| Synonyms | tone ending | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conclusion, ending, termination | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | explosion, plosion | ||
| Domain category | music | ||
English verb: release | |||
| 1. | release (contact) release, as from one's grip | ||
| Samples | Let go of the door handle, please!. Relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall. | ||
| Synonyms | let go, let go of, relinquish | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bring out, discharge, disengage, let loose, let out, loose, muster out, pop, toggle, unclasp, unhand, unleash, unleash, unleash, withdraw | ||
| Antonyms | hold, take hold | ||
| 2. | release (social) grant freedom to; free from confinement | ||
| Examples | They want to release the prisoners | ||
| Synonyms | free, liberate, loose, unloose, unloosen | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bail, bail out, parole, run, unchain, unspell | ||
| Antonyms | detain, confine | ||
| 3. | release (contact) let (something) fall or spill from a container | ||
| Samples | Turn the flour onto a plate. | ||
| Synonyms | turn | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | channel, channelise, channelize, transfer, transmit, transport | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | deflate, throw | ||
| 4. | release (communication) prepare and issue for public distribution or sale | ||
| Samples | Publish a magazine or newspaper. | ||
| Examples | Sam and Sue release the movie | ||
| Synonyms | bring out, issue, publish, put out | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | air, bare, publicise, publicize | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | edit | ||
| 5. | release (body) eliminate (a substance) | ||
| Samples | Combustion products are exhausted in the engine. The plant releases a gas. | ||
| Synonyms | discharge, eject, exhaust, expel | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | abort, bleed, blow, breathe, cough out, cough up, egest, ejaculate, eliminate, emit, eruct, excrete, expectorate, fester, hemorrhage, maturate, ovulate, pass, pass off, shed blood, spew, spew out, spit out, spit up, suppurate | ||
| 6. | release (body) generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids | ||
| Samples | Secrete digestive juices. Release a hormone into the blood stream. | ||
| Synonyms | secrete | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | exudate, exude, ooze, ooze out, transude | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | water | ||
| 7. | release (social) make (information) available for publication | ||
| Samples | Release the list with the names of the prisoners. | ||
| Synonyms | free | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | issue, supply | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | declassify | ||
| 8. | release (possession) part with a possession or right | ||
| Samples | I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest. Resign a claim to the throne. | ||
| Synonyms | free, give up, relinquish, resign | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s something to somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | give, hand, pass, pass on, reach, turn over | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | derequisition, give, sacrifice | ||
| 9. | release (creation) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition | ||
| Synonyms | free, liberate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bring forth, generate | ||
| Domain category | chemical science, chemistry | ||
| 10. | release (change) make (assets) available | ||
| Samples | Release the holdings in the dictator's bank account. | ||
| Synonyms | free, unblock, unfreeze | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | issue, supply | ||
| Antonyms | immobilise, immobilize, freeze, block | ||
Based on WordNet 3.0 copyright © Princeton University.
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