Meaning

29 senses
  1. Unconstrained.

    He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.

  2. Unconstrained.

    Not imprisoned or enslaved.

    Free Blacks

    a free man

    frei

    свобо́дныйsvobódnyj, во́льныйvólʹnyj

    ві́льнийvílʹnyj, свобі́днийsvobídnyj

  3. Generous; liberal.

    He's very free with his money.

  4. Without obligations.

    free time

    frei

    свобо́дныйsvobódnyj

  5. To be enjoyed by anyone freely.

    a free school

  6. Upholding individual rights.

    the Free World

    This is a free country.

  7. With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.

    OpenOffice is free software.

    frei

    свободныйsvobodnyj

  8. Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.

  9. Obtainable without any payment.

    The government provides free health care.

    It's free real estate.

  10. Obtainable without any payment.

    (broadly)Complimentary.

    Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!

  11. In any of various technical senses generic, universal.

    (abstract)Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.

  12. (abstract)Belonging to the image of some free functor.

Examples

3163 sentences
  1. You are free to go home.

    Ти можеш йти додому. — Squaw

    ruМожете идти домой. — marafon

    deEs steht dir frei, nach Hause zu gehen. — Kuraimegami

  2. Feel free to ask any questions.

    Не вагайтеся ставити питання. — aandrusiak

    ruНе стесняйтесь задавать любые вопросы. — Hellerick

  3. I'll be free all day tomorrow.

    Завтра я буду вільним цілий день. — ascolto

    ruЗавтра я буду свободен целый день. — odexed

    deIch habe morgen den ganzen Tag Zeit. — MUIRIEL

  4. I will not be free tomorrow.

    Завтра я не буду вільний. — aandrusiak

    ruЯ завтра не буду свободен. — Lenin_1917

    deIch habe morgen keine Zeit. — qweruiop

  5. Are you free in the afternoon?

    Ти вільний вдень? — deniko

    ruТы свободен днём? — odexed

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
not imprisoned:
Русский
By meaning 5
unconstrained:
not imprisoned:
software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement:
unobstructed:
not in use:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
unconstrained:
not in use:
without:

Origin

From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Pro

From Middle English fre, from Old English frēo, frēoh, frī, friġ, frīoh (“free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frī, from Proto-Germanic *frijaz (“beloved, not in bondage”), from Proto-Indo-European *priHós (“pleased, loved”), from *preyH- (“to please; to love”). Related to friend.

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Forms

freer/more free, freest/most free
Comparativefreer / more free Lesson
Superlativefreest / most free Lesson

regular

Synonyms

31 synonyms

Antonyms

14 antonyms

Word family

215 related words

Collocations

12 patterns
  • free time
  • feel free to
  • please feel free
  • feel free
  • much free time
  • his free time
  • that for free
  • some free time
  • more free time
  • my free time
  • your free time
  • free this afternoon

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
free — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto