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