release
The event of setting freeThe event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
» Tom has been released from jail.
Тома выпустили из тюрьмы.
Тома випустили з в'язниці.
Meaning
15 senses(countable, uncountable)The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
(countable, uncountable)The distribution, either public or private, of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product.
Version
рели́зrelíz, вы́пускvýpusk, ве́рсияvérsija
ви́пускvýpusk, релі́зrelíz
(countable, uncountable)Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.
Veröffentlichung
нови́нкаnovínka, рели́зrelíz
(countable, uncountable)That which is released, untied or let go.
They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.
Freisetzung
(countable, uncountable)The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
Schulderlass
(countable, uncountable)Liberation from pain or suffering.
(countable, uncountable)The process by which a chemical substance is set free.
(countable, uncountable)The act or manner of ending a sound.
(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
(countable, historical, uncountable)In the block system, a printed card conveying information and instructions to be used at intermediate sidings without telegraphic stations.
A device adapted to hold or release a device or mechanism as required.
(countable, uncountable)A catch on a motor-starting rheostat, which automatically releases the rheostat arm and so stops the motor in case of a break in the field circuit.
(countable, uncountable)The catch on an electromagnetic circuit breaker for a motor, triggered in the event of an overload.
(countable, uncountable)The lever or button on a camera that opens the shutter to allow a photograph to be taken.
Examples
583 sentencesTom has been released from jail.
Тома випустили з в'язниці.
ruТома выпустили из тюрьмы.
Tom has been released from prison.
Тома випустили з в'язниці.
ruТома выпустили из тюрьмы.
Tom will be released on Monday.
Тома випустять у понеділок.
Tom will never be released from prison.
Тома ніколи не відпустять із в'язниці.
Tom was released from prison last week.
Минулого тижня Тома випустили з в'язниці.
ruТома на прошлой неделе выпустили из тюрьмы.
deTom ist letzte Woche aus dem Gefängnis entlassen worden.
Translations
9 languagesBy meaning 2
By meaning 3
By meaning 5
Origin
From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).From Middle English relesen, relessen, from Old French relaisser (variant of relascher).
Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0 · source
Forms
plural: releasesSynonyms
42 synonyms- (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone:tone ending
- a formal written statement of relinquishment:waiverdischarge
- activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion:outletvent
- a device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism:button
- the act of liberating someone or something:liberationfreeing
- a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation:acquittance
Word family
31 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
8 patterns- released from prison
- be released from
- have been released
- will be released
- released from jail
- release the prisoners
- be released on
- to be released