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prerelease

adj

Etymology

From pre- + release.

  1. derived from relaisser
  2. inherited from relesen
  3. prefixed as prerelease — “pre + release”

Definitions

  1. Before release.

    • They were aided by beta testers, ordinary people outside the company who were willing to try prerelease software and report bugs […]
    • In both years, only 10 to 12 percent had participated in formal prerelease programs designed to prepare prisoners for the transition from life in prison […]

  2. A preliminary version of a work, released in advance.

  3. An inadvertent (premature) release of a skiboot from the bindings of a ski, caused by…

    An inadvertent (premature) release of a skiboot from the bindings of a ski, caused by excessive vibration, such as going over an extremely bumpy piste.

  4. ›+ 1 more definition

    1. To release in advance

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for prerelease. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA