B2adjective · common

liberal

liberal · more liberal · most liberal

ліберальний

щедрый, либеральный, обильный

liberal, freiheitlich

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparinglyGenerous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.

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/ˈlɪb.(ə.)ɹəl/

» Tom is a liberal.

Tom ist links.

Том - либерал.

Том — ліберал.

Meaning

7 senses

Generous; permitting liberty; willing to give unsparingly.
He was liberal with his compliments.
ще́дрыйščédryj
Ample, abundant; generous in quantity.
Add a liberal sprinkling of salt.
оби́льныйobílʹnyj, ще́дрыйščédryj
Widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions or conventions; permissive.
Her parents had liberal ideas about child-rearing.
либера́льныйliberálʹnyj
Pertaining to a type of education the purpose of which is personal development rather than functional learning.
Pertaining to a type of education the purpose of which is to cultivate and develop wise, capable and well-rounded people who are thus free of mental constraint and hindrance.
Pertaining to those arts and sciences the study of which is considered to provide general knowledge, as opposed to vocational/occupational, technical or mechanical training; usually found in the phrase "liberal arts".
He had a full education studying the liberal arts.
freiheitlich
Open to political or social changes and reforms associated with either classical liberalism or "modern liberalism"/progressivism.
liberal
либера́льныйliberálʹnyj
лібера́льнийliberálʹnyj
(obsolete)Unrestrained, licentious.

More definitions

tolerant of change; not bound by authoritarianism, orthodoxy, or tradition
having political or social views favoring reform and progress
showing or characterized by broad-mindedness
not literal

Examples

101 sentences

Tom is a liberal.
Том — ліберал. — deniko
ruТом - либерал. — marafon
deTom ist links. — wolfgangth
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He is liberal with his money and buys a lot of presents.
Він вільнодумний зі своїми грошима і купує багато подарунків. — ChickenKiev
deEr ist sehr freigiebig mit seinem Geld und kauft viele Geschenke. — Naina
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I'm a liberal.
Я ліберал. — deniko
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Tom is a very liberal person.
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Tom is quite liberal, isn't he?
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Translations

8 languages

Українська

By meaning 1

open to political or social reforms:

Русский

By meaning 3

generous, permitting liberty, willing to give unsparingly:

ample, abundant, generous in quantity:

widely open to new ideas, willing to depart from established opinions, conventions etc.:

Deutsch

By meaning 2

pertaining to the arts the study of which is considered worthy of a free man:

open to political or social reforms:

Origin

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), fr

The adjective is from Old French liberal, from Latin līberālis (“befitting a freeman”), from līber (“free”); it is attested since the 14th century. The noun is first attested in the 1800s.

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