ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Prerelease

Definition, Meaning & Examples

Part of speech adjective

Quick meaning: Prerelease is an adjective meaning Before release.

Meaning

Before release.

More Meanings

  1. A preliminary version of a work, released in advance.
  2. To release in advance
  3. (skiing) 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.

Example Sentences

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 […]

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include pre-release, prereleased, sneak, premarket, beta, presales.

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