Phrase Hound found 51 phrases and 15 compound words that contain release. The most common are listed below. Open release in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 51
- press releaseAn official written statement that is sent to the media so that it can be publicized.
- release notesDocuments distributed with a release of a software product, indicating changes, workarounds, etc.
- Release Date
- News release
- point releaseA software release that is only slightly different from a previous version and thus having the same major version number, only differing in minor version number (after the decimal point).
- catch and releaseA variety of angling where the fish are released after capture, as a conservation measure.
- day releaseTemporary liberation from a prison, for the period of one day.
- re-releaseAlternative spelling of rerelease: To release (a film, video game, etc.) again.
- time-releaseAlternative form of timed-release: That releases its active ingredients gradually, in order to produce a sustained effect.
- release candidateA version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.
- Immediate-release
- Public release
- release timeThe amount of time elapsed between the moment when the actuating time for release commences and the moment when the braking force ceases.
- work releaseA program permitting a prisoner a leave of absence from prison to undertake normal employment.
- Beta release
- release versionA version label given to packaged computer software that has been made available to one or more target audiences.
- Software Release
- pre-releaseAlternative spelling of prerelease: Before release.
- cable releaseA sheathed wire plunger used to activate the shutter of a camera without accidentally moving it.
- release timesplural of release time: The amount of time elapsed between the moment when the actuating time for release commences and the moment when the braking force ceases.
- dot releaseSynonym of point release: A software release that is only slightly different from a previous version and thus having the same major version number, only differing in minor version number (after the decimal point).
- controlled-releaseOf a drug or medicine, involving the gradual release of an active component.
- release the krakenTo unleash a greatly destructive force.
- release candidatesplural of release candidate: A version of a program that is nearly ready for release but may still have a few bugs; the status between beta version and release version.
- release modeThe mode of the compiler where the code is compiled for the end user, most often with optimizations.
Compound words 15
- misreleaseTo release incorrectly, i.e. to release something that should not be released, or to release in the wrong way.
- autoreleaseautomatic release (of previously allocated resources)
- releaseeThe party that is given a release.
- nonreleaseLack of release; failure to release somebody or something.
- coreleaserelease together
- cycloreleaseAny reaction involving concomitant cyclization and cleavage of a molecule bound to a polymer etc.
- releasementRelease; the act of releasing or letting something go.
- unreleaseTo undo the release of; to withdraw.
- releasestsecond-person singular simple present indicative of release
- prereleaseBefore release.