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The correct spelling is releases.
How to pronounce releases
noun
Say it like: Rel-ees-es
The correct spelling is releases. The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms). For example: "The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases."
Usage Examples
“The video store advertised that it had all the latest releases.”
“They marked the occasion with a release of butterflies.”
“He released his grasp on the lever.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
- 2.The distribution of an initial or new and upgraded version of a computer software product; the distribution can be either public or private.
- 3.Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
- 4.That which is released, untied or let go.
- 5.The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.
verb
- 1.To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
- 2.To make available to the public.
- 3.To free or liberate; to set free.
- 4.To discharge.
- 5.(of a call) To hang up.
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