[gnome-dictionary] Release Dictionary 40.0

[Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi src gnome org>]

commit c37edfc2cbf91d6bae6d5264d0dcfcb5dd34b313
Author: Emmanuele Bassi <ebassi gnome org>
Date:   Sat Mar 20 11:40:05 2021 +0000

    Release Dictionary 40.0

 NEWS                                                | 14 ++++++++++++++
 data/appdata/org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in |  6 ++++++
 meson.build                                         |  2 +-
 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
---
diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 3184094..d82ee82 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -1,3 +1,17 @@
+GNOME Dictionary 40.0                                                 2021-03-20
+================================================================================
+• Dropped the app menu [Jeremy Bicha]
+• Updated the application help [Andre Klapper]
+• Removed non-working Spanish dict server [Jordi Mas]
+• Updated the application icon [Jakub Steiner]
+• Updated the Flatpak sandbox and build
+• Fixed compiler warnings when building with newer toolchains
+• Fixed the sidebar sizing issue [Guido Trentalancia]
+
+Updated translations
+  Too many to count; thanks to all localisation teams!
+
+
 GNOME Dictionary 3.26.1                                               2017-10-01
 ================================================================================
 Bug fixes
diff --git a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in 
b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in
index b292fce..36576e5 100644
--- a/data/appdata/org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in
+++ b/data/appdata/org.gnome.Dictionary.appdata.xml.in.in
@@ -34,6 +34,12 @@
   <developer_name>The GNOME Project</developer_name>
   <translation type="gettext">gnome-dictionary</translation>
   <releases>
+    <release version="40.0" date="2021-03-20">
+      <description>
+        <p>A new stable release of the Dictionary for GNOME. Mostly bug fixes
+        and small user interface improvements.</p>
+      </description>
+    </release>
     <release version="3.26.0" date="2017-09-12">
       <description>
         <p>A new stable release of the venerable Dictionary for GNOME. This
diff --git a/meson.build b/meson.build
index 92161c1..4e3dcac 100644
--- a/meson.build
+++ b/meson.build
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 project('gnome-dictionary', 'c',
-  version: '40.alpha',
+  version: '40.0',
   default_options: [
     'buildtype=debugoptimized',
     'c_std=c99',