prerelease

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English

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Etymology

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From pre- +‎ release.

Adjective

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prerelease (not comparable)

  1. 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

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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

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prerelease (third-person singular simple present prereleases, present participle prereleasing, simple past and past participle prereleased)

  1. To release in advance