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You're listening to Joanna
She has an American accent.
NGSL Rank: 394
free
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Meanings
adjective
- able to act or be done as one wishes; not under the control of another.E.g. I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free
- not or no longer confined or imprisoned.E.g. the researchers set the birds free
- not subject to engagements or obligations.E.g. she spent her free time shopping
- not subject to or affected by (something undesirable).E.g. our salsas are free of preservatives
- given or available without charge.E.g. free healthcare
- using or expending something without restraint; lavish.E.g. she was always free with her money
- (of literature or music) not observing the normal conventions of style or form.
- (of the wind) blowing from a favourable direction to the side or aft of a vessel.
adverb
- without cost or payment.E.g. ladies were admitted free
- with the sheets eased.E.g. I kept her off the wind and sailing free until I had all square forward
verb
- release from confinement or slavery.E.g. they were freed from jail
- remove something undesirable or restrictive from.E.g. his inheritance freed him from financial constraints
- make available for a particular purpose.E.g. we are freeing management time for alternative work
-free
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Meanings
combining form
- free of or from.E.g. smoke-free
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