free
see also: Free
Pronunciation Adjective
see also: Free
Pronunciation Adjective
free (comparative freer, superlative freest)
- (social) Unconstrained.
- He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
- 1610-11?, Shakespeare, The Tempest, Act V, scene i:
- Quickly, spirit! / Thou shalt ere long be free.
- Synonyms: unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered
- Antonyms: constrained, restricted
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- a free man
- Antonyms: bound, enslaved, imprisoned
- Unconstrained by timidity or distrust
- Synonyms: unreserved, frank, communicative
- Generous; liberal.
- He's very free with his money.
- (obsolete) Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
- Without obligations.
- free time
- Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed, engrossed, or appropriated; open; said of a thing to be possessed or enjoyed.
- a free school
- Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending individual rights against encroachment by any person or class; instituted by a free people; said of a government, institutions, etc.
- This is a free country.
- (software) With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
- OpenOffice is free software.
- Synonyms: libre
- Antonyms: proprietary
- (software) Intended for release, as opposed to a checked version.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- The government provides free health care.
- It's free real estate.
- Synonyms: free of charge, gratis
- (by extension, chiefly, advertising slang) complimentary
- Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
- (abstract) Unconstrained.
- (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
- the free group on three generators
- (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- z is the free variable in \forall x\exists y:xy=z.
- Antonyms: bound
- (programming) Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
- Synonyms: unbound
- Antonyms: bound
- (linguistics) (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
- (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
- (physical) Unconstrained.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- the drain was free
- Synonyms: clear, unobstructed
- Antonyms: blocked, obstructed
- Unattached or uncombined.
- a free radical
- Synonyms: loose, unfastened, Thesaurus:loose
- Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
- You can sit on this chair; it's free.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
- In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
- 1992, Rudolf M[athias] Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, New York, N.Y.: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, page 7:
- Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute{{...}
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains.
- Synonyms: without
- (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
- a free horse
- (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- (UK, legal, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
- free service; free socage
- (legal) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
- a free fishery; a free warren
- French: libre
- German: frei, ungebunden
- Italian: libero
- Portuguese: livre
- Russian: свобо́дный
- Spanish: libre
- French: libre
- German: frei, ungebunden
- Italian: libero, brado
- Portuguese: livre
- Russian: свобо́дный
- Spanish: libre
- French: libre
- German: frei
- Italian: libero
- Portuguese: livre
- Russian: беспрепя́тственный
- Spanish: libre, obstáculo, despejado
- French: libre, disponible
- German: frei, unbesetzt
- Portuguese: vago, livre, desocupado
- Russian: свобо́дный
- Spanish: libre, desocupado
- French: libre
- German: frei, ungebunden
- Italian: libero
- Portuguese: livre
- Russian: свобо́дный
- Spanish: libre, exento
- French: libre
- German: frei
- Italian: libero, free, libre software
- Portuguese: livre
- Russian: свободный
- Spanish: libre
- Portuguese: livre
free
- Without needing to pay.
- I got this bike free.
- Synonyms: for free, for nothing
- (obsolete) Freely; willingly.
- French: gratuitement, gratis, gratos
- German: gratis, umsonst
- Italian: gratuitamente
- Portuguese: grátis, de graça, gratuitamente
- Russian: беспла́тно
- Spanish: gratis
free (frees, present participle freeing; past and past participle freed)
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
- 1610–1611, William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies: Published According to the True Originall Copies (First Folio), London: Printed by Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, OCLC 606515358 ↗, [Act I, scene ii], page 5 ↗, column Pro.}} […]
, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.
- 1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564:
- Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I vow to Allah Almighty to forswear travel; and if I perish I shall be at peace and shall rest from toil and moil."
- French: libérer, dégager, affranchir
- German: befreien, freisetzen (free someone from prison)
- Italian: liberare
- Portuguese: libertar, livrar, soltar
- Russian: освобожда́ть
- Spanish: librar
free (plural frees)
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick#English|free kick.
- 2006, :
- Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.
- 2006, :
- free transfer
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- German: Freistoss
Free
Proper noun
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