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RELEASE definition: 1. to give freedom or free movement to someone or something: 2. to move a device from a fixed…. Learn more.
1. : to set free from restraint, confinement, or servitude. release hostages. release pent-up emotions. release the brakes. also : to let go : dismiss. released from her job. 2. : to relieve from something that confines, burdens, or oppresses. was released from her promise. 3. : to give up in favor of another : relinquish.
RELEASE meaning: 1. to give freedom or free movement to someone or something: 2. to move a device from a fixed…. Learn more.
SYNONYMS 1. loose, deliver. release, free, dismiss, discharge, liberate, emancipate may all mean to set at liberty, let loose, or let go. release and free, when applied to persons, suggest a helpful action.
noun. a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc. Synonyms: emancipation, deliverance, liberation. liberation from anything that restrains or fastens. some device or agency for effecting such liberation. a grant of permission, as to publish, use, or sell something.
To release something or someone is to set it free, like a caged animal or a prisoner. “I shall be released” is a famous refrain from a 1967 Bob Dylan song that has come to symbolize political freedom around the world.
1. a. To set free from confinement or bondage: released the prisoner. b. To set free from physical restraint or binding; let go: released the balloons; released the brake. c. To cause or allow to move away or spread from a source or place of confinement: cells that release histamine. d. To make available for use: released the funds for the project.
release. verb. /rɪˈliːs/ Verb Forms. set somebody free. to let somebody come out of a place where they have been kept or stuck and unable to leave or move. release somebody to release a prisoner. The hostages were released unharmed. He was released without charge after questioning by police.
When someone is released, you refer to their release. He called for the immediate release of all political prisoners. Synonyms: liberation , freedom , delivery , liberty More Synonyms of release
From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Related topics: Newspapers, printing, publishing, Film, Technology re‧lease1 /rɪˈliːs/ S3 W1 AWL verb [ transitive] 1 let somebody go to let someone go free, after having kept them somewhere → free, discharge Police arrested several men, who were later released.
