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Meaning free meaning

What does free mean?
Definitions in simple English

free Adjective

— If something is free, it does not cost money to buy. This loaf of bread is free. It costs $0. The government provides free healthcare for people who cannot afford it. — If something is free, it is able to go (move) anywhere easily. A wild bird is free to go where it likes. — If something is free, it is not blocked. The drain was free of anything blocking it. — If something or someone is free, it is not in use. This chair does not have anyone sitting in it. It is free. — When something is free, it has no conditions or limitations to using or being in it. This is a free country. You can have your own freedom of speech here.

free Verb

— If you free something or someone, you release it. She frees the birds because they do not belong in a cage. We officially free you from jail. You may go.

free

— adjective able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or restraint free enterprise a free port a free country I have an hour free free will free of racism feel free to stay as long as you wish a free choice — verb grant freedom to; free from confinement — adjective unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion free expansion free oxygen a free electron — adjective not occupied or in use a free locker a free lane — verb (= rid) relieve from Rid the house of pests — verb (= dislodge) remove or force out from a position The dentist dislodged the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums He finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who was buried in the rubble — adjective (= complimentary) costing nothing complimentary tickets free admission — verb free from obligations or duties — verb (= release) make (information) available for publication release the list with the names of the prisoners — verb free or remove obstruction from free a path across the cluttered floor — adjective (= detached) not fixed in position the detached shutter fell on him he pulled his arm free and ran — verb (= exempt) grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to She exempted me from the exam — verb (= absolve) let off the hook I absolve you from this responsibility — adjective not held in servitude after the Civil War he was a free man — adjective (= loose) not literal a loose interpretation of what she had been told a free translation of the poem — noun people who are free the home of the free and the brave — adverb (= loose) without restraint cows in India are running loose — adjective (= spare) not taken up by scheduled activities a free hour between classes spare time on my hands — verb (= release) release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition — verb (= release) make (assets) available release the holdings in the dictator's bank account — verb (= relinquish, resign) part with a possession or right I am relinquishing my bedroom to the long-term house guest resign a claim to the throne — adjective (= barren, destitute, devoid, innocent) completely wanting or lacking writing barren of insight young recruits destitute of experience innocent of literary merit the sentence was devoid of meaning

Synonyms free synonyms

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free English » English

release liberate loose gratis independent set free exempt gratuitous vacant let go free of charge emancipate unrestrained unoccupied clear released open loosen liberated for nothing untie liberal complimentary extricate empty disengage available unrestricted unloose unleash spare rescue quit for free discharge destitute deliver unobstructed unimpeded unhook unhampered unfettered unfasten set at liberty rid liberty let loose idle get free detach

Topics free topics

What do people use free to talk about?
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Free to do what you want
Physical actions Move Pursue

Set free
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Save from trouble
Physical actions Move Pursue

Escape
Work and occupation Finance Financial transaction Price

Free of charge
Language and thought Want Request

Willing
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Exempt
Physical actions Move Manner of movement

Steady, unsteady
Physical actions

Move something

  • What words refer to moving something that is difficult to move?
    shift free release
States Quantity Full

Empty
Language and thought Want Ask permission

Give permission
Social behavior Social activity Entertainment, recreation Sports

Basketball
Social behavior Law Judge, render a verdict

Acquit
Work and occupation Business organization

Economics
Physical actions Arrange Join, attach

Remove, take apart
Social behavior Social activity

Holiday
Social behavior Social activity Holiday

Free time
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble

Prosperity
Social behavior Prosperity, trouble Respond to someone in trouble

Free from bondage
Social behavior Law Punish

Imprison
Social behavior Conflict

Fight
Social behavior Religion Miracle, supernatural power

Demon possession
Grammar Connected with, related Coordinate relations

Dissociation

Conjugation free conjugation

How do you conjugate free?

free · verb

Examples free examples

How do I use free in a sentence?

Simple sentences

You are free to do as you please with your money.
I'm a free man.
Are you free this weekend?
Admission was free.
She was never free from pain after that.
I often spend my free time listening to music.
Tatoeba is free software.
Tom won a free trip to Boston.
I am free this evening.
Bathroom's free.
Welcome to Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia that anyone can edit.
When you're alone in your apartment, you feel independent. When you're alone in your room, you feel free. When you're alone in your bed, you feel lonely.
A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.
He was a benevolent old man who volunteered to mow his neighbors' lawns for free.
I feel that I am free.
Freedom is not free.
If you are free, give me a hand.
You are free to go home.
When will you be free?
I want to know if you'll be free tomorrow.
Are you free on Friday afternoon?
Every student has free access to the library.
We are free from danger.
You are free to go out.

Movie subtitles

Hello, would you like to change religions? I have a free book written by Jesus!
It's free!
Feel free if you'd like to come along with me to the promised land!
I got OJ free!
Oh, it's-- well, it's free right now.
At least now I'm free.
Olly olly oxen free!
The room rate would be free.
All right, ureter is free.
I am trying to break free of anything unhealthy or damaging.
Do not think for one second that she's going to Mary Hart's SweetHart show tomorrow because we only have two tickets and I already planned to give the free Crock-Pot to my mom for Christmas!
You're all free to go.
I have the right to free speech.
Then he'd be free to run riot.
So you're free to go.
Set Naouel and the child free.
They wanted to break us, but we and our Spanish friends will show them what 12,000 free men working on this Algerian land are capable of!
You can't turn down a free ticket, can you?
The admin wanted to make sure we start off the semester as stress-free as possible.
First you cut the line, now you get free cotton candy.
And yet, Maya got a get-out-of-jail-free card.
Go on, it's free.
They don't need your help. Humans always change of their own free will.
That's why I'm here, to ensure they continue living free. and that's what I intend to do!
Are you trying to tell me Ivan left of his own free will?
I don't care how long it takes me, I'm going to be free again.
At the police station, Ellie tries to free her fellow countryman.
Jeddy is set free.
He gives his shit away for free.
When a kid owes me money, that makes me money. Now instead of paying a catcher 20 bucks, I got one for free. It's all profit.
Look, I got a free catcher, I got one of Nick's crew suspended, and I got Nick to turn his back on one of his best friends.
You're free. and I'm free.
We are free!
You are free and I am free.
Free?
But I'm free.
Because it's free.
Didn't you get it for free because of your royal status?
Don't you feel like confirming whether you are free of ghosts or not?

News and current affairs

For many of his supporters, it was President Ronald Reagan who, with his deliberate escalation of the arms race, pushed the Soviet economy to the brink, thereby fully demonstrating the superiority of liberal societies and free markets.
They wanted better housing, education, and free health care for all.
Free-market thinking evolved from Anglo-Saxon theorists (many from Scotland), who migrated and colonized territories, allowing fortunate individuals to assume that there were no limits to consumption.
Economists like Hyman Minsky, who tried to correct this, were largely ignored as Milton Friedman and others led the profession's push for free markets and minimal government intervention.
The Washington Consensus of free-market reforms for developing countries ended more than two decades ago.
In a wider context this could lead to a strengthening of the so-called Northern Dimension of the EU, where the goal is a free trade area to include all the countries around the Baltic Sea.
The free movement of goods, labor, and capital between the two parts could have given a tremendous economic boost to Palestinian GDP.
Foremost are the four freedoms of the single market; free movement of goods, services, people and capital.
In this way we can break free of the institutionalised tug of war that has characterised EU relations.
Likewise, in an age when corporate lobbyists have a free hand in shaping - if not drafting - public policies, many people believe, again rightly, that their elected officials no longer represent them.
Once all these countries reach agreement with the EU there would automatically be free trade throughout the Balkans.
But ice-free arctic waters are more than a symptom of global warming.
They're free to choose where to put their money.
Of course, such advice, like much of newspapers themselves nowadays, comes free of charge.
Getting seed and fertilizer to smallholder farmers at highly subsidized prices (or even free in some cases) will make a lasting difference.
Will the tide truly turn, propelling the world towards nuclear disarmament and a future free of nuclear weapons?
If the British unions wanted to be ethically consistent, they should apply the same strategies to universities in the numerous countries where human rights are brutally abused and free speech suppressed.
Democratic societies depend not only on the foundational principle of free speech, but on the character of political thought and conversation among various constituencies.
But it is also true that the northern Turkish part of Cyprus is denied access to free trade and other benefits from EU-membership.
In fact, the obligation of states to abide by humanitarian rules of conduct while their enemies are free to barbarize warfare is what makes asymmetric wars especially insoluble.
Allowing opium traffickers to operate with impunity gives them a free hand to raise money to pay for the arms and fighters battling the Afghan army and NATO forces.

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