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release > 21 senses
NOUN	1	release	Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film)
	2	release, liberation, freeing	The act of liberating someone or something
	3	release	A process that liberates or discharges something
	4	release, handout, press release	An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation
	5	release, dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking	The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart)
	6	release, passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going	Euphemistic expressions for death
	7	release, acquittance	A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation
	8	release, button	A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism
	9	release, outlet, vent	Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion
	10	release, spill, spillage	The act of allowing a fluid to escape
	11	release, waiver, discharge	A formal written statement of relinquishment
	12	release, tone ending	(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone
VERB	1	release, let go of, let go, relinquish	Release, as from one's grip
	2	release, free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose	Grant freedom to
	3	release, turn	Let (something) fall or spill a container
	4	release, discharge, expel, eject	Eliminate (substances) from the body
	5	release, publish, bring out, put out, issue	Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale
	6	release, secrete	Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids
	7	release, free	Make (information) available publication
	8	release, relinquish, resign, free, give up	Part with a possession or right
	9	release, unblock, unfreeze, free	Make (assets) available

release > pronunciation
Sounds	riyliy's
Rhymes	altarpiece, apiece, caprice, and 34 more rhymes in iys...

release > noun 1, artifact
Meaning	Merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film).
Examples	"a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra"
Broader	merchandise, ware, product
Verbs	release; release

release > noun 2, act
Meaning	The act of liberating someone or something.
Synonyms	liberation, freeing
Broader	accomplishment, achievement
Narrower	jail delivery; deregulation, deregulating; relief; unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication; emancipation; clearing; manumission; parole; probation
Verbs	release

release > noun 3, process
Meaning	A process that liberates or discharges something.
Examples	"there was a sudden release of oxygen"; "the release of iodine from the thyroid gland"
Broader	natural process, natural action, action, activity
Narrower	emission
Adjectives	time-release
Verbs	release; release

release > noun 4, communication
Meaning	An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation.
Synonyms	handout, press release
Broader	announcement, promulgation

release > noun 5, act
Meaning	The termination of someone's employment (leaving them free to depart).
Synonyms	dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking
Broader	termination, ending, conclusion
Narrower	superannuation; conge; removal; deactivation, inactivation; honorable discharge; dishonorable discharge; Section Eight

release > noun 6, event
Meaning	Euphemistic expressions for death.
Synonyms	passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going
Broader	death, decease, expiry

release > noun 7, communication
Meaning	A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation.
Synonyms	acquittance
Category	law, jurisprudence
Broader	legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument
Verbs	release

release > noun 8, artifact
Meaning	A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism.
Synonyms	button
Broader	device

release > noun 9, act
Meaning	Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion.
Synonyms	outlet, vent
Broader	activity

release > noun 10, act
Meaning	The act of allowing a fluid to escape.
Synonyms	spill, spillage
Broader	flow, stream
Verbs	release

release > noun 11, act
Meaning	A formal written statement of relinquishment.
Synonyms	waiver, discharge
Broader	relinquishment, relinquishing
Narrower	exemption, immunity, granting immunity
Verbs	release

release > noun 12, act
Meaning	(music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone.
Synonyms	tone ending
Category	music
Broader	termination, ending, conclusion
Narrower	plosion, explosion

release > verb 1, contact
Meaning	Release, as from one's grip.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody
Synonyms	let go of, let go, relinquish
Contrary	hold, take hold
Narrower	discharge, muster out; unclasp; pop; toggle; unhand; bring out, let out; unleash; unleash, let loose, loose; unleash; disengage, withdraw

release > verb 2, social
Meaning	Grant freedom to. Free from confinement.
Pattern	Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody
Model	They want to release the prisoners
Synonyms	free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose
Contrary	confine, detain
Narrower	unspell; unchain; bail; run; bail out; parole
Nouns	release

release > verb 3, contact
Meaning	Let (something) fall or spill a container.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something PP
Synonyms	turn
Broader	transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise
Narrower	deflate; throw
Nouns	release

release > verb 4, body
Meaning	Eliminate (substances) from the body.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Synonyms	discharge, expel, eject
Narrower	expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out; blow; ejaculate; abort; ovulate; excrete, egest, eliminate, pass; shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage; spew, spew out, eruct; fester, maturate, suppurate; emit, breathe, pass off
Nouns	release

release > verb 5, communication
Meaning	Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Model	Sam and Sue release the movie
Synonyms	publish, bring out, put out, issue
Broader	publicize, publicise, air, bare
Narrower	edit
Nouns	release

release > verb 6, body
Meaning	Generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"release a hormone into the blood stream"
Synonyms	secrete
Broader	exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze
Narrower	water
Nouns	release

release > verb 7, social
Meaning	Make (information) available publication.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something
Examples	"release the list with the names of the prisoners"
Synonyms	free
Broader	issue, supply
Narrower	declassify
Nouns	release

release > verb 8, possession
Meaning	Part with a possession or right.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody
Synonyms	relinquish, resign, free, give up
Broader	pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give
Narrower	derequisition; sacrifice, give
Nouns	release; release

release > verb 9, change
Meaning	Make (assets) available.
Pattern	Somebody ----s something
Examples	"release the holdings in the dictator's bank account"
Synonyms	unblock, unfreeze, free
Contrary	freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise
Broader	issue, supply

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