🆕 Early version ⏳ Before official release 🚀 To release early

prerelease

4.6

Available to a small group before the official launch

adjective
/ˌpriːrɪˈliːs/

: previo al lanzamiento

The prerelease version of the software contained several features that were later improved in the final release.

Examples

It is during the prerelease planning phase that correctional facilities need to intensively network with available community resources that provide supportive programs and services for older adult inmates as they transition out of prison.

Academic text (2009)
The film's prerelease screening attracted a lot of attention from critics and fans alike.
Many gamers eagerly anticipate the prerelease details of the next big title in the franchise.

Synonyms

prepublication

vsprerelease

1 5.6

An early copy of a work or the time before its official release

is the general term for availability before public release

preprint

vsprerelease

Specialized

5.0

About a version of a research paper shared before official publication

is broader and applies to any early availability before public release

presale

vsprerelease

3.7

Available before the public sale for certain people

focuses on general early availability rather than sale or purchase

to prelaunch

vsprerelease

5.1

To make a product or service available to a small group before launch

means prior availability without the promotional or limited audience emphasis

Antonyms

to release

925 1.8

To make a product or information available to the public

How Early

advance

72 4.2

prerelease

4.6

prelaunch

4.5

early

∞ 1.0

Surface Forms

prerelease positive

Morphology

prerelease = release (transparent) = pre + release

The adjective straightforwardly means 'before the release' or 'available before release'.

Etymology

Prerelease is built from pre- meaning 'before' and release meaning 'to make available', just like in preview. So a prerelease version is something given out or shown before the official public release.