free meaning
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[fɹiː] [-iː] 
US UK WFree
- Free may refer to:
- Liberty, also known as freedom
- Gratis, without payment required
- Gratis versus Libre, the distinction between the two meanings above
- NounPLfreesSUF-free
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- free transfer.
- Hargreaves, who left Manchester United on a free during the summer, drilled a 22-yard beauty to open the scoring.
- (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
- (Australian rules football, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
- VerbSGfreesPRfreeingPT, PPfreed
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.
- (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.
- AdjectiveCOMfreerCOMmore freeSUPfreestSUPmost free
- (social) Unconstrained.
- He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
- a free man
- He was free only with a few.
- He's very free with his money.
- My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.
- free time
- a free school
- This is a free country.
- OpenOffice is free software.
- Obtainable without any payment.
- The government provides free health care.
- Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
- (abstract) Unconstrained.
- the free group on three generators
- is the free variable in .
- (physical) Unconstrained.
- the drain was free
- a free radical
- You can sit on this chair; it's free.
- In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
- Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
- We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat. I would like to live free from care in the mountains.
- (dated) Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
- a free horse
- (dated) Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
- (Britain, law, obsolete) Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
- free service; free socage
- (law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common.
- a free fishery; a free warren
- (social) Unconstrained.
- AdverbCOMfreerCOMmore freeSUPfreestSUPmost free
- More Examples
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Paul would never be free of the sorrow of his first love, try as he might to satisfy himself with light skirt after light skirt.
- The bowdlerized version of the novel, while free of vulgarity, was also free of flavor.
- Beginning next year the museum will sweeten the pot for season pass members by offering them a 10% discount in the gift shop in addition to unlimited free admission.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of free in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Adjectives
- Adverbs
- Nouns
- Countable nouns
- Countable nouns
- Verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Transitive verbs
- Adjectives
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "free" is an adjective. It's also an adverb. It's also a noun, more specifically, a countable noun. It's also a verb, more specifically, a transitive verb.