Phrase guide

press release

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

An official written statement that is sent to the media so that it can be publicized.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Examples

  • The company sent out a press release announcing its new product.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: handout

Antonyms: none provided

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noun

Meaning 2

an announcement distributed to members of the press in order to supplement or replace an oral presentation

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

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Meaning relationships

Synonyms: handout, release

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: announcement, promulgation

History

Etymology

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Across languages

Translations

66 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: بَيَان صَحَفِيّ (bayān ṣaḥafiyy) — official written media statement
  • Azerbaijani: press-reliz — official written media statement
  • Belarusian: прэс-рэлі́з (pres-relíz) — official written media statement
  • Belarusian: камюніке́ (kamjunikjé) — official written media statement
  • Bengali: প্রেস বিজ্ঞপ্তি (pres bijnopti) — official written media statement
  • Bulgarian: пресрели́йз (presrelíjz) — official written media statement
  • Bulgarian: комюнике́ (komjuniké) — official written media statement
  • Chinese Mandarin: 新聞稿 /新闻稿 (xīnwéngǎo) — official written media statement
  • Czech: tisková zpráva — official written media statement
  • Danish: pressemeddelelse — official written media statement
  • Dutch: persbericht — official written media statement
  • Dutch: persverklaring — official written media statement
  • Estonian: pressiteade — official written media statement
  • Finnish: lehdistötiedote — official written media statement
  • French: communiqué de presse — official written media statement
  • French: communiqué — official written media statement
  • Georgian: პრეს-რელიზი (ṗres-relizi) — official written media statement
  • German: Pressemitteilung — official written media statement
  • German: Presseerklärung — official written media statement
  • German: Pressemeldung — official written media statement
  • German: Presseaussendung — official written media statement
  • Greek: δελτίο τύπου (deltío týpou) — official written media statement
  • Hindi: विज्ञप्ति (vijñapti) — official written media statement
  • Hindi: प्रेस विज्ञप्ति (pres vijñapti) — official written media statement
  • Hungarian: sajtóközlemény — official written media statement
  • Icelandic: fréttatilkynning — official written media statement
  • Indonesian: siaran — official written media statement
  • Italian: comunicato stampa — official written media statement
  • Italian: comunicato — official written media statement
  • Japanese: 記者発表 (kisha happyū) — official written media statement
  • Japanese: プレスリリース (puresurirīsu) — official written media statement
  • Kazakh: баспасөз релизі (baspasöz relizı) — official written media statement
  • Korean: 보도자료 (bodojaryo) — official written media statement
  • Kyrgyz: пресс-релиз (press-reliz) — official written media statement
  • Latvian: paziņojums presei — official written media statement
  • Lithuanian: pranešimas žiniasklaidai — official written media statement
  • Māori: pānui pāpāho — official written media statement
  • Norman: commeunitchi ès médias — official written media statement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: presseskriv — official written media statement
  • Norwegian Bokmål: pressemelding — official written media statement
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: pressemelding — official written media statement
  • Iranian Persian: اِعْلامِیِّهٔ مَطْبوعاتی (e'lâmiyye-ye matbu'âti) — official written media statement
  • Iranian Persian: بَیَانِیِّهٔ مَطْبوعاتی (beyâniyye-ye matbu'âti) — official written media statement
  • Polish: notatka prasowa — official written media statement
  • Polish: komunikat prasowy — official written media statement
  • Polish: komunikat — official written media statement
  • Portuguese: comunicado — official written media statement
  • Portuguese: comunicado de imprensa — official written media statement
  • Romanian: comunicat de presă — official written media statement
  • Romanian: comunicat — official written media statement
  • Russian: пресс-рели́з (press-relíz) — official written media statement
  • Russian: коммюнике́ (kommjuniké) — official written media statement
  • Slovak: tlačová správa — official written media statement
  • Slovene: izjava za javnost — official written media statement
  • Spanish: comunicado de prensa — official written media statement
  • Spanish: comunicado — official written media statement
  • Swedish: pressmeddelande — official written media statement
  • Thai: ข่าวประชาสัมพันธ์ (kàao-bprà-chaa-sǎm-pan) — official written media statement
  • Thai: ข่าวแจก (kàao-jɛ̀ɛk) — official written media statement
  • Turkish: basın açıklaması — official written media statement
  • Ukrainian: прес-релі́з (pres-relíz) — official written media statement
  • Ukrainian: комюніке́ (komjuniké) — official written media statement
  • Urdu: خَبَری اِشاعِیَہ (xabarī iśā'iya) — official written media statement
  • Urdu: اِشاعِیَہ (iśā'iya) — official written media statement
  • Uzbek: press-reliz — official written media statement
  • Vietnamese: thông cáo báo chí — official written media statement