prerelease
See also: pre-release
English
Adjective
prerelease (not comparable)
- Before release.
- 2004, William Poundstone, How Would You Move Mount Fuji?:
- They were aided by beta testers, ordinary people outside the company who were willing to try prerelease software and report bugs […]
- 2006, Mary Pattillo, David Weiman, Bruce Western, Imprisoning America: The Social Effects of Mass Incarceration:
- 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 […]
Noun
prerelease (plural prereleases)
- A preliminary version of a work, released in advance.
- (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.
Verb
prerelease (third-person singular simple present prereleases, present participle prereleasing, simple past and past participle prereleased)
- To release in advance
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