release

/rɪˈliːs/ noun

Definition

FROM PRISON [C] › when someone is allowed to leave prison: After his release from jail, Jackson found it difficult to find work.

FILM/RECORD [C] › a new film or record that you can buy: Have you heard the group's latest release?

SUBSTANCE [C, U] › when a substance is allowed to flow out of somewhere: a release of toxic gas from the factory → See also press release

(Definition of release noun from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

real or true

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