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free
Adjective
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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.
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If something is free, it is able to go (move) anywhere easily.
A wild bird is free to go where it likes.
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If something is free, it is not blocked.
The drain was free of anything blocking it.
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If something or someone is free, it is not in use.
This chair does not have anyone sitting in it. It is free.
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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
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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.
range
Noun
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A range of mathX/math is a number of different kinds of mathX/maths
We offer you a whole range of clothes, from socks to hats.
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The range is area between an upper and lower limit.
Most accidents affect children in the seven to 10 age range.
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Something's range is the distance that it can travel.
The company's newest airplane has a range of 10,556km.
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In statistics, the range of results is highest result minus the lowest result.
The test results in the study had a range of 63; the highest was 100 and the lowest 37.
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A (mountain) range is a group of mountains.
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A shooting range is a place to practice using a gun.
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A range is a large grassy area for farm animals to walk about freely.
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A range is a large stove for cooking.
range
Verb
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If something ranges from mathX/math to mathY/math, it includes a number of different things and mathX/math and mathY/math are different examples of those.
The police had stopped him for a variety of things ranging from stealing a book to having a gun.
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If something ranges around an area, it moves around it.
husbandry
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noun
(= farming)
the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock