Free
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English
Adjective
Free (comparative freer, superlative freest)
- Not imprisoned or enslaved.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) Obtainable without additional payment, as a bonus given when paying for something else.
- Unconstrained.
- (mathematics) Unconstrained by relators.
- (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by quantifiers.
- Unobstructed, without blockages.
- Not in use
- Without obligations.
- (software) With very few limitations on distribution or improvement.
- Without; not containing (what is specified).
- (programming) Of identifiers, not bound.
- (botany, mycology) Not attached; loose.
Adverb
Free (comparative more Free, superlative most Free)
- Without needing to pay.
Verb
Free (third-person singular simple present Frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed)
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.
Noun
Free (plural Frees)- (Australian rules football) Abbreviation of free kick.
Adverbs for Free
gloriously; joyously; happily; independently; finally; utterly; completely; absolutely; unconditionally; irrepressibly; irresponsibly; gaily; blithely; merrily; unaccountably; gladly; jubilantly; incredibly; fortunately; luckily; unbelievably; unexpectedly. ultimately; eventually; legally; economically; filially; unrestrainedly; magnanimously; unquestionably.
Synonyms for Free
- (obtainable without payment): free of charge, gratis, chargeless
- (unconstrained): unconstrained, unfettered, unhindered, unrestrained, unrestricted
- (unobstructed): clear, unobstructed
- (software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement): libre
- (without): without
- (programming: not bound): unbound
- (informal, without needing to pay): for free, for nothing, costless
- generous, liberal, bounteous, bountiful, munificent, frank, candid, artless, independent, familiar, open, unconfined, loose, unreserved, easy, clear, exempt, careless,footloose, ingenuous, unencumbered, unattached, gratuitous.
Antonyms for Free
- (not imprisoned or enslaved): bound, enslaved, imprisoned
- (unconstrained): constrained, restricted, restrained, prevented
- (logic: unconstrained by quantifiers): bound
- (unobstructed): blocked, obstructed, barred,
- (of identifiers, not bound): bound
- (software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement): proprietary software
- (obtainable without payment): costly, dear, expensive, chargeable, high-priced
- selfish, tightfisted, limited, confined, incarcerated,compelled, checked, curbed, suppressed, attached, detained, choice, scarce, precious, priceless.
Derived terms
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Etymology
Middle English fre < Old English frēo.
Pronunciation
Translations
Adjective
not imprisoned
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obtainable without payment
unconstrained
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mathematics: unconstrained
unobstructed
not in use
without obligations
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software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
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without
programming: not bound
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Adverb
without needing to pay
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Verb
make free
Noun
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