Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something released before an official or scheduled date.
- adjective Of or relating to an interval preceding an official or scheduled release.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Early release; release before the right time; in an engine, the opening of the exhaust-port before the piston has reached the end of its stroke. This is done to allow the steam or gases time to escape before the piston starts on its return stroke.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective Before
release .
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Examples
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Note that the "build your own" link refers to a prerelease version of Dynamics CRM 2011.
Site Home PubSec 2011
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Note that the "build your own" link refers to a prerelease version of Dynamics CRM 2011.
Site Home keydet 2011
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As you can see (if you pay attention to Magic's release schedule), our prerelease was a few days in advance of the rest of the world.
Damn Hell Ass Kings montyashley 2010
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· Changed default boot up menu cursor location to Video; previously the cursor defaulted to Photos think they issued a 'prerelease' first because there have probably been many requests from WDTV users lol cool.
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· Changed default boot up menu cursor location to Video; previously the cursor defaulted to Photos think they issued a 'prerelease' first because there have probably been many requests from WDTV users lol cool.
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· Changed default boot up menu cursor location to Video; previously the cursor defaulted to Photos think they issued a 'prerelease' first because there have probably been many requests from WDTV users lol cool.
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However, some gem authors wanted to be able to release "prerelease" versions of their gems, i.e. versions before the ".0" release.
RubyCorner Daniel Azuma 2009
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The studio says its prerelease market research shows high awareness of "The Smurfs" among families with young children, but that the movie appears weaker with general audiences.
Sony Whips Up 'Smurfs' Marketing Frenzy Michelle Kung 2011
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The movie made roughly $38 million during its first weekend in theaters—topping the $25 million industry experts had been expecting based on prerelease audience surveys.
Comcast Plays Up 'Symphony' Jessica E. Vascellaro 2011
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This really is an excellent film that I really expect to either pick up steam over the coming weeks or wallow in mediocrity (after the initial, prerelease hype-induced success) only to become recognized for the classic film it really is over time.
10 « March « 2009 « Axiom's Edge Science Fiction and Fantasy 2009
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