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quasi-free

qua·si-free
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Transcription

    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwey-zahy, -sahy, kwah-see, -zee free]
    • /ˈkweɪ zaɪ, -saɪ, ˈkwɑ si, -zi fri/
    • US Pronunciation
    • US IPA
    • [kwey-zahy, -sahy, kwah-see, -zee free]
    • /ˈkweɪ zaɪ, -saɪ, ˈkwɑ si, -zi fri/

Definitions of quasi-free word

  • adjective quasi-free enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. 1
  • adjective quasi-free pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. 1
  • adjective quasi-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 quasi-free enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent. 1
  • adjective quasi-free exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted. 1
  • adjective quasi-free able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose. 1

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Origin of quasi-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 Quasi-free

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation

quasi-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".

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