release
noun (MAKING PUBLIC) /rɪˈliːs/Definition
1. Definition
2. Practise
› [U] the act of making something public or available for use: There are strict rules on the release of official information.Liberating, relaxing and releasingAvailable and accessiblePresent › [C] a written statement that gives information to be broadcast or published: The Department of Transport has issued a press release about the proposals for the new motorway.Information and messages B2 [C] a musical recording that is made available for the public to buy: Her latest release, a song about doomed love, she wrote herself.Recording sounds and imagesAvailable and accessiblePresent be on general release › If a film is on/in general release, it is available to be shown in cinemas: The latest film from Disney goes on general release next month.Cinema - general words
(Definition of release noun (MAKING PUBLIC) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- accessible adjective
- at your command idiom
- availability noun
- available adjective
- be there for sb idiom
- bookable adjective (ARRANGE)
- clear adjective (NOT BLOCKED)
- come out phrasal verb (BE PUBLISHED)
- come verb (EXIST)
- go verb (BE SOLD)
- on hand idiom
- on stream idiom
- open adjective (AVAILABLE)
- open sth up phrasal verb (SITUATION)
- open verb (AVAILABLE)
- ready adjective (PREPARED)
- ready to hand idiom
- ready-made adjective
- vacant adjective (EMPTY)
- vacant possession noun
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