verb / noun · neutral
release
/rɪˈliːs/re·LEASE
to make something available to the public (a report, data, product); the act of making something available
Examples
“The agency will release the report after the peer review is complete.”
“A press release summarised the main recommendations of the study.”
“The public release of the dataset improved transparency and allowed replication.”
Band 8 sentence
“The ministry scheduled the public release of the environmental report after completing the final peer review.”
Collocations
- press release
- public release
- release data
- release a report
Word family
Common mistakes
They release the data yesterday.→They released the data yesterday.
The results were released to public.→The results were released to the public.
We will make a release of the findings.→We will release the findings.
Say it for a higher band
5publish→6issue→7+release
Synonyms
issue
publish
Easily confused
issue
“The agency issued a statement on the findings.”
publish
“The university will publish the study in an open‑access journal.”
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