Meaning

3 senses

  1. (transitive)To make free; set at liberty; release.

    befreien, freisetzen

    освобожда́тьosvoboždátʹ, освободи́тьosvobodítʹ, вызволя́тьvyzvoljátʹ

    звільня́тиzvilʹnjáty, звільни́тиzvilʹnýty, визволя́тиvyzvoljáty

  2. (transitive)To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

  3. (transitive)To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.

More definitions
  • free or remove obstruction from
  • grant freedom to; free from confinement
  • free from obligations or duties
  • make (information) available for publication

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

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  2. Feel free to ask any questions.

    Не вагайтеся ставити питання. — aandrusiak

    ruНе стесняйтесь задавать любые вопросы. — Hellerick

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  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

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  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

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  5. Are you free in the afternoon?

    Ти вільний вдень? — deniko

    ruТы свободен днём? — odexed

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Translations

8 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
to make free, set at liberty:
Русский
By meaning 1
to make free, set at liberty:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
to make free, set at liberty:

Origin

From Middle English freen, freoȝen, from Old English frēon, frēoġan (“to free; make free”)

From Middle English freen, freoȝen, from Old English frēon, frēoġan (“to free; make free”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijōn, from Proto-Germanic *frijōną, from Proto-Indo-European *preyH-, and is cognate with German freien, Dutch vrijen, Czech přát, Serbo-Croatian prijati, Polish sprzyjać.

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Forms

frees, freeing, freed, freed
Base formfree · to free
3rd person singularfrees
Present participlefreeing
Past simplefreed
Past participlefreed

regular · Lesson

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, theyfree
he, she, itfrees

Past simpleLesson

all personsfreed

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, theyhave freed
he, she, ithas freed

Future simple (will)Lesson

all personswill free

Synonyms

25 synonyms
liberateB1releaseB1befreeemancipatelet loosemanumitunchainunfetterunshackle
Close in meaning

Antonyms

2 antonyms
confineobstruct

Word family

3 related words
Relatedfreeing
Derivedfree upbefree

Lessons for this word

3 lessons

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
freakishfreakyfrecklefreebiefreedomA2freelance

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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