RELEASE (MORE PHRASES)

Hello and welcome back to the Daily Vitamin.

Today will be our last lesson of the 2025-2026 academic year. Our first lesson after the summer will be on Monday, September 14th. 

Yesterday we explained one meaning of the word release: to let someone (a person or an animal) leave a place where they have been kept. Today we will look at some more meanings of this word.

RELEASE
Meaning 2: (verb) to stop holding something; to let go.

Example 1:
The boy refused to release his mother's hand.

Meaning 3: (verb; noun) to let a substance or energy spread into the area or atmosphere around it, especially as part of a chemical reaction.

Example 2:
The release of carbon dioxide during the chemical process is a possible danger.

Example 3:
The flavours of the different ingredients will be released if you let the dish cook for a while.

Meaning 4 : (verb; noun) to make something available, such as information or documents. We also use this word to talk about when a film or music first appears on the market.

Example 4:
The government is debating whether or not to release the reports to the general public.

Example 5:
The new Steven Spielberg film, "Disclosure Day," is due to be released this weekend.

⇒ To get some writing practice in English, I encourage you to write your own sentence (or two) with today's word. You can post your sentences to one of our social media sites (Facebook or Bluesky) and we will give you feedback about your writing as soon as we can.

I hope all of you have a very relaxing summer; and I hope you will stay in contact with English and continue to grow, even while the Daily Vitamin is on a break. 

We'll see you September.

All the best!