postrelease

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adjective

Occurring after release

OriginEnglish release ← Middle English relesen ← Old French relaisser →
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Meanings

adjectivepostrelease (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOccurring after release

    Mr. Johnson, of Manhattan, pleaded guilty to first-degree assault as a hate crime in exchange for a sentence of 15 years in prison and five years of postrelease supervision.

    2007 March 22, The Associated Press, “Four Men Plead Guilty in an Antigay Attack”, in New York Times

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*pós
  2. Proto-Indo-European*pósti
  3. Proto-Italic*posti
  4. Old Latinposte
  5. Latinpost
  6. Englishpost-
  7. Proto-Italic*wre-
  8. Latinre-
  9. Old Frenchre-
  10. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-
  11. Proto-Indo-European*(s)leg-s-ós
  12. Latinlaxus
  13. Latinlaxō
  14. Vulgar Latin*laxicāre
  15. Vulgar Latin*lassicāre
  16. Old Frenchlaschier
  17. Old Frenchrelaschier
  18. Old Frenchrelaisser
  19. Middle Englishrelesen
  20. Englishrelease
  21. Englishpostrelease

From post- + release.

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Cite this entry
APA

postrelease. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postrelease

MLA

“postrelease.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postrelease. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “postrelease,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/postrelease.

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