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releases

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. 1.The event of setting (someone or something) free (e.g. hostages, slaves, prisoners, caged animals, hooked or stuck mechanisms).
  2. 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. 3.Anything recently released or made available (as for sale).
  4. 4.That which is released, untied or let go.
  5. 5.The giving up of a claim, especially a debt.

verb

  1. 1.To let go (of); to cease to hold or contain.
  2. 2.To make available to the public.
  3. 3.To free or liberate; to set free.
  4. 4.To discharge.
  5. 5.(of a call) To hang up.

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