| Sounds | riyliy's | |
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| Rhymes | altarpiece ... Vietnamese: 37 rhymes with iys... | |
| Meaning | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film). | |
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| Example | "a new release from the London Symphony Orchestra" | |
| Broader | merchandise, ware, product | commodities offered for sale |
| Spanish | estreno, lanzamiento | |
| Verbs | release | prepare and issue for public distribution or sale |
| release | make (information) available for publication | |
| Meaning | The act of liberating someone or something. | |
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| Synonyms | liberation, freeing | |
| Narrower | clearing | The act of freeing from suspicion |
| deregulation, deregulating | The act of freeing from regulation (especially from governmental regulations) | |
| emancipation | Freeing someone from the control of another | |
| jail delivery | The use of force to liberate prisoners | |
| manumission | The formal act of freeing from slavery | |
| 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 | |
| probation | (law) a way of dealing with offenders without imprisoning them | |
| relief | The act of freeing a city or town that has been besieged | |
| unsnarling, untangling, disentanglement, extrication | The act of releasing from a snarled or tangled condition | |
| Broader | accomplishment, achievement | The action of accomplishing something |
| Spanish | liberación | |
| Catalan | alliberació, alliberament | |
| Verbs | release | grant freedom to |
| Meaning | A process that liberates or discharges something. | |
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| Narrower | emission | The release of electrons from parent atoms |
| Broader | natural process, natural action, action, activity | A process existing in or produced by nature (rather than by the intent of human beings) |
| Spanish | descarga, liberación | |
| Catalan | alliberació, alliberament, descàrrega | |
| Adjectives | time-release | of or relating to a preparation that gradually releases an active substance (especially a drug) over a period of time |
| Verbs | release | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids |
| release | eliminate (a substance) | |
| Meaning | An announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation. | |
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| Synonyms | handout, press release | |
| Broader | announcement, promulgation | A public statement containing information about an event that has happened or is going to happen |
| Spanish | boletín, comunicado de prensa, comunicado | |
| Catalan | butlletí, comunicat, nota de premsa | |
| Meaning | The termination of someone's employment / employment (leaving them free to depart). | |
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| Synonyms | dismissal, dismission, discharge, firing, liberation, sack, sacking | |
| Narrower | Section Eight | A discharge from the US Army based on unfitness or character traits deemed undesirable |
| conge, congee | An abrupt and unceremonious dismissal | |
| deactivation, inactivation | Breaking up a military unit (by transfers or discharges) | |
| 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 | |
| removal | dismissal from office | |
| superannuation | The act of discharging someone because of age (especially to cause someone to retire from service on a pension) | |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
| Spanish | cese, despedida, despido, destitución, liberación | |
| Catalan | acomiadament, destitució | |
| Meaning | euphemistic expressions for death. | |
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| Synonyms | passing, loss, departure, exit, expiration, going | |
| Broader | death, decease, expiry | The event of dying or departure from life |
| Usage of | euphemism | An inoffensive or indirect expression that is substituted for one that is considered offensive or too harsh |
| Spanish | deceso, defunción, expiración, fallecimiento, fenecimiento, liberación, óbito, partida, pérdida, trance, tránsito | |
| Catalan | decés, defunció, expiració, òbit, pas, trànsit, traspàs | |
| Meaning | A legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation. | |
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| Synonym | acquittance | |
| Category | law, jurisprudence | The collection of rules imposed by authority |
| Broader | legal document, legal instrument, official document, instrument | (law) a document that states some contractual relationship or grants some right |
| Spanish | descargo | |
| Catalan | descàrrec | |
| Verbs | release | part with a possession or right |
| Meaning | A device that when pressed will release part of a mechanism. | |
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| Synonym | button | |
| Broader | device | An instrumentality invented for a particular purpose |
| Spanish | botón | |
| Meaning | Activity that frees or expresses creative energy or emotion. | |
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| Synonyms | outlet, vent | |
| Broader | activity | Any specific behavior |
| Spanish | salida | |
| Catalan | sortida | |
| Meaning | The act of allowing a fluid to escape. | |
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| Synonyms | spill, spillage | |
| Broader | flow, stream | The act of flowing or streaming |
| Spanish | derrame | |
| Catalan | vessada | |
| Verbs | release | let (something) fall or spill from a container |
| Meaning | A formal written statement of relinquishment. | |
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| Synonyms | waiver, discharge | |
| Narrower | exemption, immunity, granting immunity | An act exempting someone |
| Broader | relinquishment, relinquishing | The act of giving up and abandoning / abandoning a struggle / struggle / struggle or task etc. |
| Spanish | abdicación, despido, renuncia | |
| Catalan | exempció, renúncia | |
| Verbs | release | part with a possession or right |
| Meaning | (music) the act or manner of terminating a musical phrase or tone. | |
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| Synonym | tone ending | |
| Category | music | An artistic form of auditory communication incorporating instrumental or vocal tones in a structured and continuous manner |
| Narrower | plosion, explosion | The terminal forced release of pressure built up during the occlusive phase of a stop consonant |
| Broader | termination, ending, conclusion | The act of ending something |
| Meaning | Release, as from one's grip. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | let go of, let go, relinquish | |
| Narrower | bring out, let out | bring out of a specific state |
| discharge, muster out | Release from military service | |
| disengage, withdraw | Release from something that holds fast, connects, or entangles | |
| pop | Release suddenly | |
| toggle | Release by a toggle switch | |
| unclasp | Release from a clasp | |
| unhand | Remove the hand from | |
| unleash | Release or vent | |
| unleash | Release from a leash | |
| unleash, let loose, loose | Turn loose or free from restraint | |
| Opposite | hold, take hold | Have or hold in one's hands or grip |
| Spanish | dejar ir, liberar, renunciar, soltar | |
| Catalan | deixar anar, renunciar | |
| Meaning | grant freedom to; free from confinement. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Model | They want to release the prisoners | |
| Synonyms | free, liberate, unloose, unloosen, loose | |
| Narrower | bail | Release after a security has been paid |
| bail out | Free on bail | |
| parole | Release a criminal from detention and place him on parole | |
| run | Set animals loose to graze | |
| unchain | make free | |
| unspell | Release from a spell | |
| Opposite | confine, detain | deprive of freedom |
| Spanish | liberar, libertar, redimir, soltar | |
| Catalan | alliberar, deslliurar, redimir | |
| Nouns | release | the act of liberating someone or something |
| Meaning | Let (something) fall or spill from a container. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something PP | |
| Synonym | turn | |
| Narrower | deflate | Release contained air or gas from |
| throw | Throw (a die) out onto a flat surface | |
| Broader | transmit, transfer, transport, channel, channelize, channelise | Send from one person or place to another |
| Spanish | girar | |
| Nouns | release | the act of allowing a fluid to escape |
| Meaning | Prepare and issue for public distribution or sale. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Model | Sam and Sue release the movie | |
| Synonyms | publish, bring out, put out, issue | |
| Narrower | edit | supervise the publication of |
| Broader | publicize, publicise, air, bare | make public |
| Spanish | dictar, editar, publicar, sacar | |
| Catalan | dictar, editar, publicar, treure | |
| Nouns | release | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) |
| Meaning | Eliminate (a substance). | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "the plant releases a gas" | |
| Synonyms | exhaust, discharge, expel, eject | |
| Narrower | abort | terminate a pregnancy by undergoing an abortion |
| blow | Free of obstruction by blowing air through | |
| ejaculate | Eject semen | |
| emit, breathe, pass off | Expel (gases or odors) | |
| excrete, egest, eliminate, pass | Eliminate from the body | |
| expectorate, cough up, cough out, spit up, spit out | Discharge (phlegm or sputum) from the lungs and out of the mouth | |
| fester, maturate, suppurate | ripen and generate pus | |
| ovulate | produce and discharge eggs | |
| shed blood, bleed, hemorrhage | Lose blood from one's body | |
| spew, spew out, eruct | Eject or send out in large quantities, also metaphorical | |
| Spanish | expeler, expulsar | |
| Catalan | expel·lir, expulsar | |
| Nouns | release | a process that liberates or discharges something |
| Meaning | generate and separate from cells or bodily fluids. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "release a hormone into the blood stream" | |
| Synonym | secrete | |
| Narrower | water | secrete or form water, as tears or saliva |
| Broader | exude, exudate, transude, ooze out, ooze | Release (a liquid / liquid) in drops or small quantities |
| Spanish | secretar, segregar | |
| Catalan | secretar, segregar | |
| Nouns | release | a process that liberates or discharges something |
| Meaning | make (information) available for publication. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "release the list with the names of the prisoners" | |
| Synonym | free | |
| Narrower | declassify | Lift the restriction on and make available again |
| Broader | issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with |
| Spanish | lanzar, liberar | |
| Nouns | release | merchandise issued for sale or public showing (especially a record or film) |
| Meaning | Part with a possession or right. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s something to somebody | |
| Synonyms | relinquish, resign, free, give up | |
| Narrower | derequisition | Release from government control |
| sacrifice, give | endure the loss of | |
| Broader | pass, hand, reach, pass on, turn over, give | place into the hands or custody of |
| Spanish | liberar, renunciar | |
| Catalan | alliberar, deslliurar, renunciar | |
| Nouns | release | a formal written statement of relinquishment |
| release | a legal document evidencing the discharge of a debt or obligation | |
| Meaning | Release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | free, liberate | |
| Category | chemistry, chemical science | The science of matter |
| Broader | generate, bring forth | Bring into existence |
| Meaning | make (assets) available. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Example | "release the holdings in the dictator's bank account" | |
| Synonyms | unblock, unfreeze, free | |
| Broader | issue, supply | circulate or distribute or equip with |
| Opposite | freeze, block, immobilize, immobilise | prohibit the conversion or use of (assets) |
| Spanish | desbloquear, descongelar, divulgar, liberar, soltar | |
| Catalan | desbloquejar, divulgar | |
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