Free Meaning and Definition


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Free meaning

Word: Free

How to pronounce: friː

Adjective

Definitions:

1. Not under the control or in the power of another; able to act or be done as one wishes.

Example sentences: "I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free"

2. Not or no longer confined or imprisoned.

Example sentences: "The researchers set the birds free"

3. Not subject to or constrained by engagements or obligations.

Example sentences: "She spent her free time shopping"

4. Not subject to or affected by (a specified thing, typically an undesirable one)

Example sentences: "Membership is free of charge"

5. Given or available without charge.

Example sentences: "Free healthcare"

6. Using or expending something without restraint; lavish.

Example sentences: "She was always free with her money"

7. (of a literary style) not observing the strict laws of form.

Example sentences: "Eliot famously thought that no verse was free, for the poet who wanted to do a good job."

8. (of the wind) blowing from a favorable direction to the side or stern of a vessel.

Example sentences: "We had the wind free, a lightish air; but clouds of an inky blackness were beginning to arise, and at times it lightened without thunder."

Adverb

Definitions:

1. Without cost or payment.

Example sentences: "Ladies were admitted free"

2. With the sheets eased.

Example sentences: "I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had all square forward"

Transitive verb

Definitions:

1. Release from captivity, confinement, or slavery.

Example sentences: "They were freed from jail"


Synonyms:

complimentary

gratuitous

devoid

chargeless

gratis

without charge

for nothing

liberate

loosen

disengage

emancipate

absolve

divest

unblock

disencumber

unloose

disentangle

loose

costless

libre

no charge

unattached

unconnected

exempt

relieve

relinquish

enfranchise

unburden

unfettered

unhindered

unconstrained

unobstructed

rid

dislodge

duty free

idle

free people

without

release

unbind

discharge

unclog

spare

vacant

single

unused

open

off

liberal

unbound

clear

unchain

unfetter

freestanding

cleared

detached

generous


Antonyms:

pay

take

capture

pay for

fill

take up

compulsory

difficult

mandatory

delay


Derivations:

freely

freed


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Free in Other Languages...

Spanish: Libre

German: Kostenlos

French: Gratuit

Italian: Libero

Turkish: ücretsiz


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