prerelease
prerelease Lexical Profile
prerelease Game Scores & Validity
• adjective
Occurring, distributed, or made available prior to an official public launch, publication, or release from custody.
"The development team distributed a prerelease version of the software to select testers."
• noun
A limited or preliminary distribution of a product, such as a book, film, album, or software program, before it becomes available to the general public.
"Critics who attended the film's prerelease praised the director's bold visual style."
A status or correctional program in which an inmate is granted increased privileges or supervised community access shortly before the end of a prison sentence.
"During his final six months in custody, he qualified for prerelease and began working at a local warehouse."
• verb
To issue, distribute, or make a product available to a select audience prior to its official general launch.
"The publisher decided to prerelease the novel's first chapter online to build anticipation."