prerelease

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Adjective

prerelease (not comparable)

1. Before release.
   • 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)

1. A preliminary version of a work, released in advance.
2. (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 (prereleases, present participle prereleasing; past and past participle prereleased)

1. To release in advance

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