free-hand

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- UK Pronunciation
- UK IPA
- [free hand]
- /fri hænd/
- /friː hænd/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [free hand]
- /fri hænd/

Definitions of free-hand word

noun free-hand unrestricted freedom or authority: They gave the decorator a free hand. 1
verb free-hand Alternative form of freehand. 0
adjective free-hand Alternative form of freehand. 0

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Origin of free-hand

First appearance:

before 1925

One of the 11% newest English words

First recorded in 1925-30

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Parts of speech for Free-hand

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Free-hand

free-hand popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 50% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

Synonyms for free-hand

noun free-hand

carte blanche — If someone gives you carte blanche, they give you the authority to do whatever you think is right.
free will — free and independent choice; voluntary decision: You took on the responsibility of your own free will.
freedom — the state of being free or at liberty rather than in confinement or under physical restraint: He won his freedom after a retrial.
independence — a city in W Missouri: starting point of the Santa Fe and Oregon trails.
latitude — Geography. the angular distance north or south from the equator of a point on the earth's surface, measured on the meridian of the point. a place or region as marked by this distance.

All 7 Synonyms of free-hand