free.
Unconstrained.
Meaning & usage
Unconstrained.
He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.
Unconstrained. Not imprisoned or enslaved.
Free Blacks
a free man
Unconstrained. Generous; liberal.
He's very free with his money.
Unconstrained. Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
Unconstrained. Without obligations.
free time
Unconstrained. To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
a free school
Unconstrained. Upholding individual rights.
the Free World
This is a free country.
Unconstrained. With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
OpenOffice is free software.
Unconstrained. Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
Obtainable without any payment.
The government provides free health care.
It's free real estate.
Obtainable without any payment. Complimentary.
Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
Unconstrained. In any of various technical senses generic, universal. Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
Unconstrained. In any of various technical senses generic, universal. Belonging to the image of some free functor.
Unconstrained. In any of various technical senses generic, universal. Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
The fundamental group of the figure eight is free of rank 2.
Unconstrained. In any of various technical senses generic, universal. Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
Unconstrained. Unconstrained by quantifiers.
z is the free variable in #92;forallx#92;existsy#58;xy#61;z.
Unconstrained. Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
Unconstrained. (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
Unconstrained. Unobstructed, without blockages.
the drain was free
Unconstrained. Unattached or uncombined.
a free radical
The door finally shook free of its hinges.
Unconstrained. Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
You can sit on this chair; it's free.
Unconstrained. Not attached; loose.
In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
Unconstrained. Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
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.
Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
a free horse
Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
free service; free socage
Privileged or individual; proprietary.
a free fishery; a free warren
Having oversteer.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free 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. cognates, etc Germanic cognates include Scots fre (“free”), North Frisian frai, frei, fri, Frii (“free”), Saterland Frisian fräi (“free”), West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), German frei (“free”), Low German free (“free”), Luxembourgish fräi (“free”), Vilamovian frȧj (“free”), Yiddish פֿרײַ (fray, “free”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fri (“free”), Faroese fríur (“free”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis, “free”). Other cognates include Cornish rydh (“free”), Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin propriō (“to appropriate”), Czech přát (“to wish; to favour”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favour, foster”), Serbo-Croatian прѝјати, prìjati (“to please, taste, suit; to be agreeable, relish”), Slovak priať (“to wish”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; agreeable, pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").
Without needing to pay.
I got this bike free.
Freely; willingly.
Where this word comes from
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *preyH- Proto-Indo-European *-ós Proto-Indo-European *priHós Proto-Germanic *frijwaz Proto-West Germanic *friu Old English frēo Middle English fre English free 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. cognates, etc Germanic cognates include Scots fre (“free”), North Frisian frai, frei, fri, Frii (“free”), Saterland Frisian fräi (“free”), West Frisian frij (“free”), Dutch vrij (“free”), German frei (“free”), Low German free (“free”), Luxembourgish fräi (“free”), Vilamovian frȧj (“free”), Yiddish פֿרײַ (fray, “free”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk, and Swedish fri (“free”), Faroese fríur (“free”), Gothic 𐍆𐍂𐌴𐌹𐍃 (freis, “free”). Other cognates include Cornish rydh (“free”), Welsh rhydd (“free”), Latin propriō (“to appropriate”), Czech přát (“to wish; to favour”), Polish sprzyjać (“to favour, foster”), Serbo-Croatian прѝјати, prìjati (“to please, taste, suit; to be agreeable, relish”), Slovak priať (“to wish”), Avestan 𐬟𐬭𐬌𐬌𐬀 (friia, “good, pleasant”), Persian فری (fari, “beloved, dear; agreeable, pleasing”), Sanskrit प्रिय (priya, “beloved”). Germanic and Celtic are the only Indo-European language branches in which the PIE word with the meaning of "dear, beloved" acquired the additional meaning of "free" in the sense of "not in bondage". This was an extension of the idea of "characteristic of those who are dear and beloved", in other words friends and tribe members (in contrast to unfree inhabitants from other tribes and prisoners of war, many of which were among the slaves – compare the Latin use of liberi to mean both "free persons" and "children of a family").
To make free; set at liberty; release.
To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
Where this word comes from
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.
Abbreviation of free kick.
A free transfer.
The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.
Abbreviation of freestyle.
The team won the 200 meters free relay.
Pronunciation spelling of three
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