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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.
to give freedom or free movement to someone or something: He was released from prison after serving two years of a five-year sentence. She was arrested for shoplifting but was released on bail (= after paying a sum of money to the court). figurative The surgery released him from years of pain.
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. verb [usually passive] If a person or animal is released from somewhere where they have been locked up or looked after, they are set free or allowed to go. He was released from custody the next day. [be VERB -ed + from] He is expected to be released from hospital today. [be V -ed from n]
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.
What is a basic definition of release? Release means to free from imprisonment or confinement, to free from anything that is acting as a constraint, or to allow something to be out in the open. The word release has many other senses as a verb and a noun.
1. a. Deliverance or liberation, as from confinement. b. Discharge from an obligation or commitment. c. Relief from suffering or care. 2. a. An unfastening or letting go, as of something caught or held fast. b. Sports The action of throwing a ball or propelling a puck: a quarterback with a quick 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.
[formal] He stopped and faced her, releasing her wrist. 7. transitive verb. If something releases gas, heat, or a substance, it causes it to leave its container or the substance that it was part of and enter the surrounding atmosphere or area. ...a weapon that releases toxic nerve gas.
