pre-releasen.adj.
/ˌpriːrᵻˈliːs/, U.S. /ˌprirəˈlis/ A. n.
A release in advance; esp. a film, record, etc., given restricted availability before being generally released.
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society > communication > information > action of informing > [noun] > date of release of information > beforehand
pre-release1871
society > communication > record > recording or reproducing sound or visual material > sound recording and reproduction > a sound recording > [noun] > record or disc > type of record
pre-release1871
record album1904
re-release1907
ten-inch1908
twelve-incher1909
demonstration record1911
pressing1912
swinger1924
repressing1927
transcription1931
long-player1932
rush release1935
pop record1937
album1945
demonstration disc1947
pop disc1947
pop single1947
long-play1948
picture disc1948
781949
single1949
forty-five1950
demo disc1952
EP1952
shellac1954
top of the pops1956
gold disc1957
acetate1962
platinum disc1964
chartbuster1965
miss1965
cover1966
reissue1966
pirate label1968
rock record1968
thirty-three (and a third)1968
sampler1969
white-label1970
double album1971
dubplate1976
seven-inch1977
mini-album1980
joint1991
society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > a film > type of film > [noun] > other types
romantic comedy1748
epic1785
pre-release1871
foreign film1899
frivol1903
dramedy1905
film loop1906
first run1910
detective film1911
colour film1912
news film1912
topical1912
cinemicrograph1913
scenic1913
sport1913
newsreel1914
serial1914
sex comedy1915
war picture1915
telefilm1919
comic1920
true crime1923
art house1925
quickie1926
turkey1927
two-reeler1928
smellie1929
disaster film1930
musical1930
feelie1931
sticky1934
action comedy1936
quota quickie1936
re-release1936
screwball comedy1937
telemovie1937
pickup1939
video film1939
actioner1940
space opera1941
telepic1944
biopic1947
kinescope1949
TV movie1949
pièce noire1951
pièce rose1951
deepie1953
misterioso1953
film noir1956
policier1956
psychodrama1956
free film1958
prequel1958
co-production1959
glossy1960
sexploiter1960
sci-fier1961
tie-in1962
chanchada1963
romcom1963
wuxia1963
chick flick1964
showreel1964
mockumentary1965
sword-and-sandal1965
schlockbuster1966
mondo1967
peplum1968
thriller1968
whydunit1968
schlocker1969
buddy-buddy movie1972
buddy-buddy film1974
buddy film1974
science-fictioner1974
screwball1974
buddy movie1975
slasher movie1975
swashbuckler1975
filmi1976
triptych1976
autobiopic1977
Britcom1977
kidflick1977
noir1977
bodice-ripper1979
chopsocky1981
date movie1983
kaiju eiga1984
screener1986
neo-noir1987
indie1990
bromance2001
hack-and-slash2002
mumblecore2005
dark fantasy2007
hack-and-slay2007
gorefest2012
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1871 Engineering 11 Aug. 83/2 To provide a rapid egress for the steam..it is necessary, that the exhaust port should be opened before the piston reaches the end of its stroke. The proper amount of this pre-release depends..on [etc.].
1918 Theatre Mag. July 58/4 The first picture will be released July 15, and will be available for pre-release to the leading exhibitors throughout the United States by special arrangement.
1929 Sunday Disp. 13 Jan. 16/3 We, in London, have been privileged to view many pre-releases.
1978 Sunday Times 29 Jan. 43/3 ‘Top Ranking’ started life in Britain as a status single, available only as an imported ‘pre-release’.
1999 D. Haslam Manchester, Eng. vi. 171 Dance hits were being made by DJs playing white label pre-releases; records with no label info, records relying purely on their ability to move the floor.
B. adj. (attributive).
1. Prior to the general release of (a film, record, etc.); relating to or designating a pre-release.
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society > leisure > the arts > performance arts > cinematography > film show > [adjective] > before release
pre-release1916
1916 Lincoln (Nebraska) Daily Star 8 Oct. 6/4 In both New York and Chicago..pre-release showings of this brilliant film production were given last week.
1927 Glasgow Herald 15 Nov. 9/7 An amendment..providing that pre-release cinema shows should take place in provincial centres as well as in London was agreed to without a division.
1976 L. St. Clair Fortune in Death vii. 68 He's made..a Near East thriller. They wanted some pre-release publicity.
1989 White Dwarf Nov. 3/2 You can give your opinion on pre-release games.
2. Existing or taking place before the release of a suspect or prisoner; provided for prisoners prior to their release.
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society > authority > punishment > imprisonment > [adjective] > released from prison > relating to period before release
pre-release1946
1946 Oakland (Calif.) Tribune 25 Nov. c17 Associate Warden..may..extend the first pre-release benefits to all the men in north block.
1958 F. Norman Bang to Rights iii. 106 You have to attend what they call a prerelease course.
1971 R. Cross Punishment, Prison & Public ii. 68 Attached to some prisons are pre-release hostels from which the inmates go out to daily regular work.
1992 Independent 12 Feb. 14/2 Gerry Bryne..runs pre-release training courses for the Apex Trust, a charity that helps ex-offenders find work.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
pre-releasev.
/ˌpriːrᵻˈliːs/, U.S. /ˌprirəˈlis/ transitive. To release (a film, etc.) in advance, esp. prior to a general release.
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society > communication > journalism > supply of news or newspapers > make news available [verb (transitive)] > pre-release
pre-release1922
1922 Mansfield (Ohio) News 10 Mar. 18/5 (advt.) ‘Fool's Paradise’ was pre-released in New York at the Criterion Theatre.
1968 Punch 24 Apr. 589/1 There's a lot to be said for pre-releasing the decimal coinage at the lower end of the scale.
1976 Church Times 2 Apr. 10/1 He persistently declines to extend to the Press that assistance (such as circulating in advance scripts of major speeches, or sticking to the text of speeches thus pre-released) which so greatly facilitates newspaper production.
2005 Toronto Star (Nexis) 17 Jan. e4 CTV had the option of ‘prereleasing’ American Idol.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, March 2007; most recently modified version published online March 2022).
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