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released

re-lease
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • UK Pronunciation
    • UK IPA
    • [ree-lees]
    • /riˈlis/
    • /rɪˈliːs/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [ree-lees]
    • /riˈlis/

Definitions of released word

  • verb with object released to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt. 1
  • verb with object released to free from anything that restrains, fastens, etc.: to release a catapult. 1
  • verb with object released to allow to be known, issued, done, or exhibited: to release an article for publication. 1
  • verb with object released Law. to give up, relinquish, or surrender (a right, claim, etc.). 1
  • noun released a freeing or releasing from confinement, obligation, pain, emotional strain, etc. 1
  • noun released liberation from anything that restrains or fastens. 1
See all 15 definitions of released

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Origin of released

First appearance:

before 1820
One of the 38% newest English words
First recorded in 1820-30; re- + lease1

Historical Comparancy

Parts of speech for Released

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Full grammatical hierarchy of Released

released popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".

released usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for released

adj released

  • at large — You use at large to indicate that you are talking in a general way about most of the people mentioned.
  • at liberty — free, unoccupied, or unrestricted
  • convalescent — Convalescent means relating to convalescence.
  • discharged — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
  • free as a bird — really free

adjective released

  • announced — Simple past tense and past participle of announce.
  • diffused — Simple past tense and past participle of diffuse.
  • dropped — Let or make (something) fall vertically.
  • excused — Simple past tense and past participle of excuse.
  • exempted — Simple past tense and past participle of exempt.

noun released

  • commuted — to change (a prison sentence or other penalty) to a less severe one: The death sentence was commuted to life imprisonment.
  • deeded — something that is done, performed, or accomplished; an act: Do a good deed every day.
  • demobbed — When soldiers are demobbed, they are released from the armed forces.
  • demoed — demonstration (defs 4, 6).
  • leaked — Simple past tense and past participle of leak.

verb released

  • declassified — to remove the classification from (information, a document, etc.) that restricts access in terms of secrecy, confidentiality, etc. Compare classification (def 5).
  • defogged — Simple past tense and past participle of defog.
  • demobilized — Simple past tense and past participle of demobilize.
  • deselected — Simple past tense and past participle of deselect.
  • disburdened — Simple past tense and past participle of disburden.
All 36 Synonyms of released

Antonyms for released

adj released

  • held — simple past tense and a past participle of hold1 .
  • kidnapped — a novel (1886) by Robert Louis Stevenson.

verb released

  • abducted — Simple past tense and past participle of abduct.
  • adhered — to stay attached; stick fast; cleave; cling (usually followed by to): The mud adhered to his shoes.
  • agglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of agglutinate.
  • allured — to attract or tempt by something flattering or desirable.
  • ambuscaded — Simple past tense and past participle of ambuscade.

noun released

  • clamped — Simple past tense and past participle of clamp.
  • compassed — Simple past tense and past participle of compass.
  • fisted — Chiefly South Midland and Southern U.S. a small mongrel dog, especially one that is ill-tempered; cur; mutt.
  • glommed — Simple past tense and past participle of glom.
  • grasped — to seize and hold by or as if by clasping with the fingers or arms.

adjective released

  • defrocked — Simple past tense and past participle of defrock.
All 179 Antonyms of released

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