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# release

«release» in Mova's school dictionary: **to let go or set free: release a bird** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

verb (release, releases, released, releasing); noun (a release, releases; release, uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) To release means to let go or set free: release a bird. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#m1)

2) To release a film, song, game or book is to make it available to the public. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#m2)

3) To release something like gas, energy or heat is to let it come out. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#m3)

4) A release is the act of letting go, or a new film, game or song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In science: burning releases heat and light; plants release oxygen; a stretched elastic band releases energy when let go. In everyday life: a new game or film release. In stories: prisoners are released, animals are released back into the wild. Phrases: release from, press release, new release, release the brake.

### examples

- We released the butterflies in the garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x1)
- The new film is released next month. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x2)
- Plants release oxygen into the air. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x3)
- Release the string and the arrow flies. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x4)
- The zoo released the turtles into the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x5)
- Burning wood releases heat. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x6)
- The singer released a new song. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x7)
- He was released from hospital. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x8)
- ‘Here,’ he cried, ‘is the boy who released me from my prison. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/#x9)

### note

Not spelled «realease»: re-lease. Opposite: catch, hold, capture. In science, «release energy» means energy is given out; «absorb» means taken in.

### In the corpora

- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [Released animals often wear radio collars or satellite tags, so scientists can see whether they find food, survive and have young.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/114-back-to-the-wild/13/)
- [Stink bugs release bad-smelling chemicals when disturbed, and smells work well as defences because predators learn quickly.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/248-defences-skunks-porcupines-hedgehogs-and-armour/12/)
- [Released pets can die or become pests, and many pests around the world began as someone's unwanted pet.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/biology/330-unusual-pets-stick-insects-giant-snails-ant-farms-and-hermit-crabs/8/)
- [A compost heap gets warm because microbes break down the scraps and release energy as heat.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/chemistry/23-browning-apples-rotting-and-mould/18/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «release» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/release/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.