Dictionary entry details
• RELEASE (noun)
Meaning:
Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Context example:
a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
merchandise; product; ware (commodities offered for sale)
Meaning:
The act of liberating someone or something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
freeing; liberation; release
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)
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)
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)
manumission (the formal act of freeing from slavery)
clearing (the act of freeing from suspicion)
emancipation (freeing someone from the control of another; especially a parent's relinquishing authority and control over a minor child)
disentanglement; extrication; unsnarling; untangling (the act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition)
relief (the act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged)
deregulating; deregulation (the act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations))
Meaning:
A process that liberates or discharges something
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural processes
Context examples:
there was a sudden release of oxygen / the release of iodine from the thyroid gland
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)
Meaning:
An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
handout; press release; release
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
announcement; promulgation (a public statement about something that is happening or going to happen)
Meaning:
The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
sacking; dismission; liberation; dismissal; firing; release; discharge; sack
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 (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))
Meaning:
Euphemistic expressions for death
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural events
Synonyms:
exit; expiration; going; passing; departure; release; loss
Context example:
thousands mourned his passing
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
death; decease; expiry (the event of dying or departure from life)
Meaning:
A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
Classified under:
Nouns denoting communicative processes and contents
Synonyms:
acquittance; release
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)
Meaning:
A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Synonyms:
button; release
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
device (an instrumentality invented for a particular purpose)
Meaning:
Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
outlet; vent; release
Context examples:
she had no other outlet for her feelings / he gave vent to his anger
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
activity (any specific behavior)
Meaning:
The act of allowing a fluid to escape
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
spillage; spill; release
Hypernyms ("release" is a kind of...):
flow; stream (the act of flowing or streaming; continuous progression)
Meaning:
A formal written statement of relinquishment
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
waiver; discharge; release
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)
Meaning:
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
Classified under:
Nouns denoting acts or actions
Synonyms:
tone ending; release
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)
• RELEASE (verb)
Meaning:
Release, as from one's grip
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
let go; let go of; release; relinquish
Context examples:
Let go of the door handle, please! / relinquish your grip on the rope--you won't fall
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
Meaning:
Grant freedom to; free from confinement
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
unloosen; unloose; loose; free; release; liberate
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
parole (release a criminal from detention and place him on parole)
bail out (free on bail)
run (set animals loose to graze)
bail (release after a security has been paid)
unchain (make free)
unspell (release from a spell)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Sentence example:
They want to release the prisoners
Meaning:
Let (something) fall or spill a container
Classified under:
Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging
Synonyms:
release; turn
Context example:
turn the flour onto a plate
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"):
throw (throw (a die) out onto a flat surface)
deflate (release contained air or gas from)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something PP
Meaning:
Eliminate (substances) from the body
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
eject; discharge; release; expel
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "release"):
bleed; hemorrhage; shed blood (lose blood from one's body)
eruct; spew; spew out (eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical)
fester; maturate; suppurate (ripen and generate pus)
breathe; emit; pass off (expel (gases or odors))
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
Meaning:
Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
issue; publish; bring out; release; put out
Context example:
publish a magazine or newspaper
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
Meaning:
Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
Classified under:
Verbs of grooming, dressing and bodily care
Synonyms:
secrete; release
Context examples:
secrete digestive juices / release a hormone into the blood stream
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
Meaning:
Make (information) available publication
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
free; release
Context example:
release the list with the names of the prisoners
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
Meaning:
Part with a possession or right
Classified under:
Verbs of buying, selling, owning
Synonyms:
relinquish; resign; give up; release; free
Context examples:
I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest / resign a claim to the throne
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"):
give; sacrifice (endure the loss of)
derequisition (release from government control)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something to somebody
Meaning:
Make (assets) available
Classified under:
Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc.
Synonyms:
unfreeze; unblock; release; free
Context example:
release the holdings in the dictator's bank account
Hypernyms (to "release" is one way to...):
issue; supply (circulate or distribute or equip with)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s something
