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- [free]
- /fri/
- /friː/
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- [free]
- /fri/
Definitions of free word
- adjective free enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. 1
- adjective free pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. 1
- adjective free existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world. 1
- adjective free enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent. 1
- adjective free exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted. 1
- adjective free able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose. 1
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Origin of free
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English fre, Old English frēo; cognate with Gothic freis, Old High German frī (German frei), Dutch vrij, Sanskrit priyá- dear. Cf. friend, Friday
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Parts of speech for Free
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
free popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 100% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
free usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for free
adj free
- complimentary — If you are complimentary about something, you express admiration for it.
- paper — a substance made from wood pulp, rags, straw, or other fibrous material, usually in thin sheets, used to bear writing or printing, for wrapping things, etc.
- freebie — something given without charge or cost, as a ticket to a performance or sports event or a free sample at a store: Freebies can be very useful in promoting your brand or business.
- handout — a portion of food or the like given to a needy person, as a beggar.
- free ride — Informal. something obtained without effort or cost: The fact that you're the general's sondoesn't mean you'll get a free ride in the army.
verb free
- release — to lease again.
- let go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- liberate — to set free, as from imprisonment or bondage.
- emancipate — Set free, esp. from legal, social, or political restrictions.
- deliver — If you deliver something somewhere, you take it there.
adverb free
- alfresco — An alfresco activity, especially a meal, is one that takes place in the open air.
- no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
- outdoor — Also, outdoors. characteristic of, located, occurring, or belonging outdoors: an outdoor barbecue; outdoor sports.
- buckshee — without charge; free
- unrestrained — not restrained or controlled; uncontrolled or uncontrollable: the unrestrained birthrate in some countries.
adjective free
- unbound — simple past tense and past participle of unbind.
- released — to free from confinement, bondage, obligation, pain, etc.; let go: to release a prisoner; to release someone from a debt.
- emancipated — Free from legal, social, or political restrictions; liberated.
- enfranchised — Simple past tense and past participle of enfranchise.
- welcome — a kindly greeting or reception, as to one whose arrival gives pleasure: to give someone a warm welcome.
Antonyms for free
adj free
- high-priced — expensive; costly: a high-priced camera.
- bound — Bound is the past tense and past participle of bind.
- confined — If something is confined to a particular place, it exists only in that place. If it is confined to a particular group, only members of that group have it.
- restrained — characterized by restraint: The actor gave a restrained performance.
- prevented — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
verb free
- imprison — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- blame — If you blame a person or thing for something bad, you believe or say that they are responsible for it or that they caused it.
- condemn — If you condemn something, you say that it is very bad and unacceptable.
- damn — Damn, damn it, and dammit are used by some people to express anger or impatience.
- employ — Give work to (someone) and pay them for it.
adjective free
- imprisoned — to confine in or as if in a prison.
- enslaved — Simple past tense and past participle of enslave.
- expensive — Costing a lot of money.
- inhibited — overly restrained.
- conventional — Someone who is conventional has behaviour or opinions that are ordinary and normal.
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