free
free
fri:
fri
/friː/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "free"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ

not requiring payment
free definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The book club provides a free book each month.
āĻŦāχ āĻ•ā§āϞāĻžāĻŦ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāϏ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇ āĻŦāχ āĻĒā§āϰāĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

released from restriction

absolute

free definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The prisoners were set free after serving their sentences.
āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāϜāĻž āĻļ⧇āώ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

able to move without restriction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She managed to get her foot free from the mud.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻĻāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒāĻž āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻ•ā§āώāĻŽ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ

(of a person) not controlled or owned by someone else
free definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In ancient Rome, the free citizens had rights that slaves did not.
āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§€āύ āϰ⧋āĻŽā§‡, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āύāĻžāĻ—āϰāĻŋāĻ•āĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻāĻŽāύ āĻ…āϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āϝāĻž āĻĻāĻžāϏāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āύāĻžāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ

having no particular plans or tasks
free definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He felt a sense of liberation as he walked out of work, knowing he had the evening free to spend with his family.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŦ⧇āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āφāϏāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­ā§‚āϤāĻŋ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻ­āĻŦ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϜāĻžāύāϤ⧇āύ āϝ⧇ āϏāĻ¨ā§āĻ§ā§āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻ›āĻŋāϞ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϟāĻžāύ⧋āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ…āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ

not chemically bound and existing independently or unbound in a system

unbound

āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In the reaction, the free radicals played a key role in the chemical process.
āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ°ā§āϝāĻžāĻĄāĻŋāϕ⧇āϞāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āϰāĻžāϏāĻžāϝāĻŧāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§‚āϞ āĻ­ā§‚āĻŽāĻŋāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāϞāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ

not occupied or in use, and therefore available for someone to use
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She found a free parking spot right in front of the building.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āĻ āĻŋāĻ• āϏāĻžāĻŽāύ⧇ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻĢāĻžāρāĻ•āĻž āĻĒāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻ•āĻŋāĻ‚ āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāϟ āĻĒ⧇āϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āφāύ⧁āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāĻ•

capturing the general meaning or essence of the original text without being word-for-word
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
A free translation allows for more creativity in adapting phrases to the target language.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŦāĻžāĻĻ āϞāĻ•ā§āĻˇā§āϝ āĻ­āĻžāώāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻŦāĻžāĻ•ā§āϝāĻžāĻ‚āĻļāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āφāϰāĻ“ āϏ⧃āϜāύāĻļā§€āϞāϤāĻž āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽāϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āϝāĻŧāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ

devoid of something
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Her speech was free of negativity, focusing on positive messages.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦāĻ•ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ āύ⧇āϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ, āχāϤāĻŋāĻŦāĻžāϚāĻ• āĻŦāĻžāĻ°ā§āϤāĻžāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋāϤ⧇ āĻĢā§‹āĻ•āĻžāϏ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻĒā§āϰāĻžāĻĒā§āϤ

relieved from or lacking something unpleasant or burdensome
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She felt free from worry after hearing the good news.
āĻ­āĻžāϞ āĻ–āĻŦāϰ āĻļ⧁āύ⧇ āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϚāĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦā§‹āϧ āĻ•āϰāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āωāĻĻāĻžāϰ, āĻĻāĻžāύāĻļā§€āϞ

generous or willing to give without hesitation or restraint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was free with her praise, always complimenting others.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻžāϝāĻŧ āωāĻĻāĻžāϰ āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āϏāĻŦāϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻ‚āϏāĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ…āύ⧁āĻŽā§‹āĻĻāĻŋāϤ

allowed or able to take a specific action without restriction
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ’s free to make her own decisions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āύāĻŋāĻœā§‡āϰ āϏāĻŋāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύ

not subject to control, restriction, or oppression by authority or law
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
In a free society, people are allowed to voice their opinions without fear.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻžāĻœā§‡, āĻŽāĻžāύ⧁āώ āĻ­āϝāĻŧ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽāϤāĻžāĻŽāϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻ•āĻžāĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻˇā§āϟāĻŦāĻžāĻĻā§€, āĻ…āύāĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻŽā§āĻŦāϰ

willing to express opinions, often in a direct or unreserved manner
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She ’s free in her remarks, always speaking her mind, regardless of others ’ reactions.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻŦā§āϝ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻĻāĻž āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽāύ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻĨāĻž āĻŦāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ…āĻ¨ā§āϝāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϤāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻž āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻŋāĻļ⧇āώ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖāĻšā§€āύ

acting with a lack of proper social restraint
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She was often criticized for her free behavior, which was considered inappropriate for the time.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āφāϚāϰāϪ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϏāĻŽāĻžāϞ⧋āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤ⧇āύ, āϝāĻž āϏ⧇āχ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻ…āύ⧁āĻĒāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻŦāϞ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāϤāĨ¤
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āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ, āĻĢāĻžāĻ•āĻž

(of a person) having time available
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
I ’m free at noon if you want to meet up.
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āϝāĻĻāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ–āĻž āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϚāĻžāύ āϤāĻŦ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻĒ⧁āϰ⧇ āĻĢā§āϰāĻŋāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to release someone from captivity or arrest
Transitive: to free sb
to free definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
After serving the sentence, the authorities agreed to free the prisoner.
āĻļāĻžāĻ¸ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻ­ā§‹āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ, āĻ•āĻ°ā§āϤ⧃āĻĒāĻ•ā§āώ āĻŦāĻ¨ā§āĻĻā§€āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻŽā§āĻŽāϤ āĻšāϝāĻŧ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϛ⧇āĻĄāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to release someone or something from being held back, trapped, or tied down

unbind

Transitive: to free sb/sth
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The rescue team freed the hikers trapped by the avalanche.
āωāĻĻā§āϧāĻžāϰāĻ•āĻžāϰ⧀ āĻĻāϞ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰāϧāϏ⧇ āφāϟāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻšāĻžāχāĻ•āĻžāϰāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to make someone or something available to do something they couldn't do before
Transitive: to free sb | to free oneself
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The extra help freed the workers to focus on more urgent jobs.
āĻ…āϤāĻŋāϰāĻŋāĻ•ā§āϤ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āĻ°ā§āĻŽā§€āĻĻ⧇āϰ āφāϰāĻ“ āϜāϰ⧁āϰāĻŋ āĻ•āĻžāĻœā§‡ āĻŽāύ⧋āύāĻŋāĻŦ⧇āĻļ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to clear away obstacles or blockages to make a way or space open

clear

Transitive: to free a pathway
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She freed the driveway by moving the pile of snow.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤ⧁āώāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻ¸ā§āϤ⧂āĻĒ āϏāϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĄā§āϰāĻžāχāĻ­āĻ“āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to release from responsibilities or commitments
Transitive: to free sb from a responsibility or commitment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
By delegating tasks to his team, he was able to free himself from daily administrative duties.
āϤāĻžāϰ āĻĻāϞ⧇āϰ āĻ•āĻžāϛ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĒāĻŖ āĻ•āϰ⧇, āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧈āύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāĻŋāύ āĻĒā§āϰāĻļāĻžāϏāύāĻŋāĻ• āĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻŋāĻ¤ā§āĻŦ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋ āĻĻ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to take away something unpleasant or limiting from someone
Transitive: to free sb of something unpleasant | to free sb from something unpleasant
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The counselor helped free the child of the fears that were holding her back.
āĻĒāϰāĻžāĻŽāĻ°ā§āĻļāĻĻāĻžāϤāĻž āĻļāĻŋāĻļ⧁āϟāĻŋāϕ⧇ āϏ⧇āχ āĻ­āϝāĻŧāϗ⧁āϞāĻŋ āĻĨ⧇āϕ⧇ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ āϝāĻž āϤāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāĻŋāĻ›āĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāĻšā§āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻŦā§āϝāĻŦāĻšāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āωāĻĒāϞāĻŦā§āϧ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to make resources or assets available for use or access
Transitive: to free a resource or asset
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The manager freed some time in his schedule to attend the meeting.
āĻŽā§āϝāĻžāύ⧇āϜāĻžāϰ āĻŽāĻŋāϟāĻŋāĻ‚āϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻ…āĻ‚āĻļ āύ⧇āĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āϤāĻžāϰ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧāϏ⧂āĻšā§€āϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ›āĻžāĻĄāĻŧāĻžāχ

without being controlled or restricted
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The animals ran free after the gate opened.
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āĻŦāĻŋāύāĻžāĻŽā§‚āĻ˛ā§āϝ⧇, āĻ¸ā§āĻŦāĻžāϧ⧀āύāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇

without requiring payment
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The tickets to the event were given away free.
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āĻŽā§āĻ•ā§āϤ, āĻŦāĻŋāĻšā§€āύ

indicating the absence of something, typically a substance or condition
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The online booking system made the entire process hassle-free.
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freedom
freely
unfree
free
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