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From The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing (27 SEP 03) :   [ foldoc ]

  free
       
          See free software, free variable.
       
       

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Free \Free\ (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl.
     Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[=i];
     akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i],
     Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved,
     dear, fr. pr[=i] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf. Affray,
     Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
     1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under
        restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's
        own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's
        own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              That which has the power, or not the power, to
              operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
                                                    --Locke.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject
        only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and
        defended by them from encroachments upon natural or
        acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control
        of parents, guardian, or master.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;
        liberated; at liberty to go.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Set an unhappy prisoner free.         --Prior.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable
        of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said
        of the will.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
              Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;
        ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              He was free only with a few.          --Milward.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a
        bad sense.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The critics have been very free in their censures.
                                                    --Felton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
                                                    --Shelley.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;
        as, free with his money.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or
         troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --
         followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Princes declaring themselves free from the
               obligations of their treaties.       --Bp. Burnet.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;
         easy.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;
         spirited; as, a free horse.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying
         certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special
         rights; -- followed by of.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               He therefore makes all birds, of every sect,
               Free of his farm.                    --Dryden.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed
         without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,
         engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to
         be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
         [1913 Webster]
  
               Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free
               For me as for you?                   --Shak.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;
         spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending
         individual rights against encroachment by any person or
         class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a
         government, institutions, etc.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of
         base; as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;
         as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;
         dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free
         carbonic acid gas; free cells.
         [1913 Webster]
  
     Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting
        freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.
        
  
     Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold
        lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.
        
  
     Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and
        gunwale.
  
     Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or
        bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.
  
     Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg.
  
     Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the
        jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the
        king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]
        --Bouvier.
  
     Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or
        statical condition; free electricity.
  
     Free church.
         (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without
             charge.
         (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of
             Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the
             government in spiritual matters.
  
     Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in
        its government and franchises, as formerly those of the
        Hanseatic league.
  
     Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.
  
     Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of
        formalities. [Colloq.] ``Sal and her free and easy ways.''
        --W. Black.
  
     Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty.
  
     Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from
        that of slaves.
  
     Free port. (Com.)
         (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free
             of custom duty.
         (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from
             ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.
  
     Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a
        brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer
        or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.
  
     Free school.
         (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without
             discrimination and on an equal footing.
         (b) A school supported by general taxation, by
             endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for
             tuition; a public school.
  
     Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were
        not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to
        perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum
        of money, etc. --Burrill.
  
     Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war
        are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.
        
  
     Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain
        services which, though honorable, were not military.
        --Abbott.
  
     Free States, those of the United States before the Civil
        War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never
        existed.
  
     Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.
  
     Free thought, that which is thought independently of the
        authority of others.
  
     Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff
        regulations.
  
     Free trader, one who believes in free trade.
  
     To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's
        self to. [Colloq.]
  
     To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in
        as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the
        wind.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Free \Free\, adv.
     1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              I as free forgive you
              As I would be forgiven.               --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.
        [1913 Webster]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See Free,
     a.]
     1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
        confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
        release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and
        sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
        freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                    --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
        from the constraint of.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              This master key
              Frees every lock, and leads us to his person.
                                                    --Dryden.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Free \Free\ (fr[=e]), a. [Compar. Freer (-[~e]r); superl.
     Freest (-[e^]st).] [OE. fre, freo, AS. fre['o], fr[=i];
     akin to D. vrij, OS. & OHG. fr[=i], G. frei, Icel. fr[=i],
     Sw. & Dan. fri, Goth. freis, and also to Skr. prija beloved,
     dear, fr. pr[=i] to love, Goth. frij[=o]n. Cf. Affray,
     Belfry, Friday, Friend, Frith inclosure.]
     1. Exempt from subjection to the will of others; not under
        restraint, control, or compulsion; able to follow one's
        own impulses, desires, or inclinations; determining one's
        own course of action; not dependent; at liberty.
  
              That which has the power, or not the power, to
              operate, is that alone which is or is not free.
                                                    --Locke.
  
     2. Not under an arbitrary or despotic government; subject
        only to fixed laws regularly and fairly administered, and
        defended by them from encroachments upon natural or
        acquired rights; enjoying political liberty.
  
     3. Liberated, by arriving at a certain age, from the control
        of parents, guardian, or master.
  
     4. Not confined or imprisoned; released from arrest;
        liberated; at liberty to go.
  
              Set an unhappy prisoner free.         --Prior.
  
     5. Not subjected to the laws of physical necessity; capable
        of voluntary activity; endowed with moral liberty; -- said
        of the will.
  
              Not free, what proof could they have given sincere
              Of true allegiance, constant faith, or love.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     6. Clear of offense or crime; guiltless; innocent.
  
              My hands are guilty, but my heart is free. --Dryden.
  
     7. Unconstrained by timidity or distrust; unreserved;
        ingenuous; frank; familiar; communicative.
  
              He was free only with a few.          --Milward.
  
     8. Unrestrained; immoderate; lavish; licentious; -- used in a
        bad sense.
  
              The critics have been very free in their censures.
                                                    --Felton.
  
              A man may live a free life as to wine or women.
                                                    --Shelley.
  
     9. Not close or parsimonious; liberal; open-handed; lavish;
        as, free with his money.
  
     10. Exempt; clear; released; liberated; not encumbered or
         troubled with; as, free from pain; free from a burden; --
         followed by from, or, rarely, by of.
  
               Princes declaring themselves free from the
               obligations of their treaties.       --Bp. Burnet.
  
     11. Characteristic of one acting without restraint; charming;
         easy.
  
     12. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping;
         spirited; as, a free horse.
  
     13. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying
         certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special
         rights; -- followed by of.
  
               He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, Free
               of his farm.                         --Dryden.
  
     14. Thrown open, or made accessible, to all; to be enjoyed
         without limitations; unrestricted; not obstructed,
         engrossed, or appropriated; open; -- said of a thing to
         be possessed or enjoyed; as, a free school.
  
               Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free For
               me as for you?                       --Shak.
  
     15. Not gained by importunity or purchase; gratuitous;
         spontaneous; as, free admission; a free gift.
  
     16. Not arbitrary or despotic; assuring liberty; defending
         individual rights against encroachment by any person or
         class; instituted by a free people; -- said of a
         government, institutions, etc.
  
     17. (O. Eng. Law) Certain or honorable; the opposite of base;
         as, free service; free socage. --Burrill.
  
     18. (Law) Privileged or individual; the opposite of common;
         as, a free fishery; a free warren. --Burrill.
  
     19. Not united or combined with anything else; separated;
         dissevered; unattached; at liberty to escape; as, free
         carbonic acid gas; free cells.
  
     Free agency, the capacity or power of choosing or acting
        freely, or without necessity or constraint upon the will.
        
  
     Free bench (Eng. Law), a widow's right in the copyhold
        lands of her husband, corresponding to dower in freeholds.
        
  
     Free board (Naut.), a vessel's side between water line and
        gunwale.
  
     Free bond (Chem.), an unsaturated or unemployed unit, or
        bond, of affinity or valence, of an atom or radical.
  
     Free-borough men (O.Eng. Law). See Friborg.
  
     Free chapel (Eccles.), a chapel not subject to the
        jurisdiction of the ordinary, having been founded by the
        king or by a subject specially authorized. [Eng.]
        --Bouvier.
  
     Free charge (Elec.), a charge of electricity in the free or
        statical condition; free electricity.
  
     Free church.
         (a) A church whose sittings are for all and without
             charge.
         (b) An ecclesiastical body that left the Church of
             Scotland, in 1843, to be free from control by the
             government in spiritual matters.
  
     Free city, or Free town, a city or town independent in
        its government and franchises, as formerly those of the
        Hanseatic league.
  
     Free cost, freedom from charges or expenses. --South.
  
     Free and easy, unconventional; unrestrained; regardless of
        formalities. [Colloq.] ``Sal and her free and easy ways.''
        --W. Black.
  
     Free goods, goods admitted into a country free of duty.
  
     Free labor, the labor of freemen, as distinguished from
        that of slaves.
  
     Free port. (Com.)
         (a) A port where goods may be received and shipped free
             of custom duty.
         (b) A port where goods of all kinds are received from
             ships of all nations at equal rates of duty.
  
     Free public house, in England, a tavern not belonging to a
        brewer, so that the landlord is free to brew his own beer
        or purchase where he chooses. --Simmonds.
  
     Free school.
         (a) A school to which pupils are admitted without
             discrimination and on an equal footing.
         (b) A school supported by general taxation, by
             endowmants, etc., where pupils pay nothing for
             tuition; a public school.
  
     Free services (O.Eng. Law), such feudal services as were
        not unbecoming the character of a soldier or a freemen to
        perform; as, to serve under his lord in war, to pay a sum
        of money, etc. --Burrill.
  
     Free ships, ships of neutral nations, which in time of war
        are free from capture even though carrying enemy's goods.
        
  
     Free socage (O.Eng. Law), a feudal tenure held by certain
        services which, though honorable, were not military.
        --Abbott.
  
     Free States, those of the United States before the Civil
        War, in which slavery had ceased to exist, or had never
        existed.
  
     Free stuff (Carp.), timber free from knots; clear stuff.
  
     Free thought, that which is thought independently of the
        authority of others.
  
     Free trade, commerce unrestricted by duties or tariff
        regulations.
  
     Free trader, one who believes in free trade.
  
     To make free with, to take liberties with; to help one's
        self to. [Colloq.]
  
     To sail free (Naut.), to sail with the yards not braced in
        as sharp as when sailing closehauled, or close to the
        wind.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Free \Free\, adv.
     1. Freely; willingly. [Obs.]
  
              I as free forgive you As I would be forgiven.
                                                    --Shak.
  
     2. Without charge; as, children admitted free.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Free \Free\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Freed; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Freeing.] [OE. freen, freoien, AS. fre['o]gan. See Free,
     a.]
     1. To make free; to set at liberty; to rid of that which
        confines, limits, embarrasses, oppresses, etc.; to
        release; to disengage; to clear; -- followed by from, and
        sometimes by off; as, to free a captive or a slave; to be
        freed of these inconveniences. --Clarendon.
  
              Our land is from the rage of tigers freed. --Dryden.
  
              Arise, . . . free thy people from their yoke.
                                                    --Milton.
  
     2. To remove, as something that confines or bars; to relieve
        from the constraint of.
  
              This master key Frees every lock, and leads us to
              his person.                           --Dryden.
  
     3. To frank. [Obs.] --Johnson.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  free
       adj 1: able to act at will; not hampered; not under compulsion or
              restraint; "free enterprise"; "a free port"; "a free
              country"; "I have an hour free"; "free will"; "free of
              racism"; "feel free to stay as long as you wish"; "a
              free choice" [ant: unfree]
       2: unconstrained or not chemically bound in a molecule or not
          fixed and capable of relatively unrestricted motion; "free
          expansion"; "free oxygen"; "a free electron" [ant: bound]
       3: costing nothing; "complimentary tickets" [syn: complimentary,
           costless, gratis(p), gratuitous]
       4: not occupied or in use; "a free locker"; "a free lane"
       5: not fixed in position; "the detached shutter fell on him";
          "he pulled his arm free and ran" [syn: detached]
       6: not held in servitude; "after the Civil War he was a free
          man" [ant: slave(a)]
       7: not taken up by scheduled activities; "a free hour between
          classes"; "spare time on my hands" [syn: spare]
       8: not literal; "a loose interpretation of what she had been
          told"; "a free translation of the poem" [syn: loose, liberal]
       n : people who are free; "the home of the free and the brave"
           [syn: free people]
       adv : without restraint; "cows in India are running loose" [syn: loose]
       v 1: grant freedom to; free from confinement [syn: liberate, release,
             unloose, unloosen, loose] [ant: confine]
       2: relieve from; "Rid the the house of pests" [syn: rid, disembarrass]
       3: remove or force out from a position; "The dentist dislodged
          the piece of food that had been stuck under my gums"; "He
          finally could free the legs of the earthquake victim who
          was buried in the rubble" [syn: dislodge] [ant: lodge]
       4: grant relief or an exemption from a rule or requirement to;
          "She exempted me from the exam" [syn: exempt, relieve]
          [ant: enforce]
       5: make (information) available publication; "release the list
          with the names of the prisoners" [syn: release]
       6: free from obligations or duties [syn: discharge]
       7: free or remove obstruction from; "free a path across the
          cluttered floor" [syn: disengage] [ant: obstruct]
       8: let off the hook; "I absolve you from this responsibility"
          [syn: absolve, justify] [ant: blame]
       9: part with a possession or right; "I am relinquishing my
          bedroom to the long-term house guest"; "resign a claim to
          the throne" [syn: release, relinquish, resign, give
          up]
       10: make (assets) available; "release the holdings in the
           dictator's bank account" [syn: unblock, unfreeze, release]
           [ant: freeze, freeze]
       [also: freest, freer]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Αγγλικά a.
     1 ελεύθερος
     2 μη φυλακισμένος ή υποδουλωμένος
     3 αποκτήσιμος χωρίς πληρωμή, δωρεάν
     4 αβίαστος (ελεύθερος).
     5 ανεμπόδιστος, χωρίς εμπόδιο
     6 χωρίς υποχρέωση.
     7 (''για λογισμικό'') με πολύ λίγους περιορισμός στη διανομή ή τη
  βελτίωση, σε αντίθεση με το ιδιόκτητο λογισμικό. Βλέπε ελεύθερο
  λογισμικό.
     Αγγλικά vb.
     (''μεταβατικό'') ελευθερώνω· απελευθερώνω· απελευθερώνω από αυτό που
  περιορίζει, στενοχωρεί, ή καταπιέζει

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  -free
     suf.
     free from; devoid of; without

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Galician vb.
     1 (inflection of gl frear  1 s pres subj)
     2 (inflection of gl frear  3 s pres subj)
     Low German a.
     (lb nds rather rare) (l en free)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  Free
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Parish Grove co/Benton
  County s/Indiana c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  -free
     suf.
     free from; devoid of; without

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     a.
     (lb en social) unconstrained.
     adv.
     1 Without needing to pay.
     2 (lb en obsolete) Freely; willingly.
     n.
     1 (lb en Australian rules football Gaelic football) (abbreviation of
  en free kick)
     2 (lb en association football) A free transfer.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
     2 (lb en transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  Free
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Parish Grove co/Benton
  County s/Indiana c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  -free
     suf.
     free from; devoid of; without

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Galician vb.
     1 (inflection of gl frear  1 s pres subj)
     2 (inflection of gl frear  3 s pres subj)
     Low German a.
     (lb nds rather rare) (l en free)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  Free
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Parish Grove co/Benton
  County s/Indiana c/USA).

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  -free
     suf.
     free from; devoid of; without

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Galician vb.
     1 (inflection of gl frear  1 s pres subj)
     2 (inflection of gl frear  3 s pres subj)
     Low German a.
     (lb nds rather rare) (l en free)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  Free
     n.
     1 (surname: en).
     2 (place en unincorporated community twp:Suf/Parish Grove co/Benton
  County s/Indiana c/USA).

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Englanti a.
     1 vapaa
     2 ~ (''of charge'') ilmainen, maksuton
     Englanti n.
     (''australialainen jalkapallo'') lyhennelmä sanoista free kick
     Englanti vb.
     vapauttaa, päästää vapaaksi

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  free
     Engelska a.
     1 fri, -fri, utan
     2 gratis
     Engelska adv.
     utan att behöva betala; gratis
     Engelska vb.
     befria

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  gratis

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Free /fɹˈiː/
  حرّ

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. свобо́ден, свободен
  not imprisoned
  2. незает, неизползван
  not in use
  3. безплатен
  software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
  4. свободен
  without obligations

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  безплатно
  without needing to pay

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  освободя́, освобожда́вам
  make free

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  dobrovolný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  nezávislý

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
   [eko] volný, bezplatný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  bezplatně

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  neomezený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  osvobodit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  zdarma

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  bezplatný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  svoboda

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  volný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  svobodný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  uvolnit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  osvobozený

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  vyprostit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  vysvobodit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  befreien, freilassen 
           Note: von
   see: freeing, freed
  
           Note: from

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  frei 
           Note: von
        "free from defects"  - frei von Mängeln
        "be free of/from (any) third-party rights"  - frei von Rechten Dritter sein
   see: freer, freest, unfree, be free
  
           Note: of

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  freigeben 
   see: freeing, freed
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  frei, offenherzig, umsonst 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  gebührenfrei, unentgeltlich 
     Synonym: non-chargeable
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  gratis, umsonst 

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  kostenlos, kostenfrei 
     Synonym: costless
  
   see: be costless
  

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  gediegen  [min.]
     Synonym: native
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  
  τσάμπα, ελέυθερος, αυτεξούσιος, δωρεάν

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. vapaa
  mathematics: unconstrained
  2. irtonainen
  mycology: not attached to the stipe
  3. vapaa, ilmainen 2.
  not imprisoned
   3.
  without obligations
   4.
  not in use
  4. riippumaton
  programming: not bound
  5. vapaa, avoin
  software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
  6. vapaa, rajoittamaton
  unconstrained
  7. auki, aukinainen, avoin, esteetön, selvä
  unobstructed
  8. vapaa, -ton, ilman (jotakin)
  without

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  ilmaiseksi
  without needing to pay

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  vapari
  abbreviation of free kick

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  vapauttaa, päästää vapaaksi
  make free

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  1. स्वतंत्र
        "The slaves were set free."
  2. आज़ाद
        "We belong to a free nation."
  3. ढ़ीला
        "One end of the rope is free."
  4. मुक्त~करना
        "Thousands of prisoners have been set free."
  5. बिना~मूल्य~के
        "He got free tickets for the magic show."
  6. खाली
        "The bathroom is free now."
        "I tried to telephone her but her line was never free."
  7. स्वेच्छा~से~देने~को~तत्पर
        "Her brother is always free with a piece of Advice for everybody."
  8. सबके~साथ~सीमा~से~अधिक~खुल~जाना
        "No one likes Hindi lecturer,she is too free in her language and behaviour."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  1. मुफ्त, बिना~मूल्य~के
        "Children under five usually travel free on buses and trains."
        "Beauty parlour lady cuts my hair for free."

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  free /fɹˈiː/ 
  1. निकालना
        "It took the rescuers two hours to free the people from the debris."
  2. मुक्त~करना
        "Physical exercises can free your body and mind of tension."
  3. किसी~विशेष~कारण~के~लिए~अनुमति~देना
        "The A.P. government intends to free more funds for educational purpose."
  4. स्वतंत्रता~देना
        "Winning the contest has freed her to take full-time practice."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  besplatan, besplatno, drzak, nevezani, osloboditi, riješiti se, slobodan, slobodna, slobodne, slobodni, slobodno, slobodnog, slobodnom, slobodom

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  1. nem foglalt
  2. akadálytalan
  3. bôkezû
  4. szabad
  5. mentes
  6. nem elfoglalt
  7. ingyenes
  8. nyílt
  9. független

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. bebas
  not imprisoned
  2. bebas, tanpa
  without

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  cuma-cuma, gratis
  without needing to pay

From English-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-ind ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  membebaskan, memerdekakan
  make free

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. 自由 2.
  not imprisoned
   3.
  software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
   4.
  unconstrained
   5.
  without obligations
  2. そのままの
  unobstructed

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  解放
  make free

From English-Lithuanian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.7.2 :   [ freedict:eng-lit ]

  free /friː/
  1. laisvas, išlaisvintas
  2. savanoriškas
  3. nemokamas
  4. išlaisvinti, išvaduoti
  5. laisvai
  6. nemokamai

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  free //fɹiː// 
  fri
  free from; without

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. fri 2.
  not imprisoned
   3.
  software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
   4.
  mathematics: unconstrained
  2. ledig
  not in use
  3. fri, løs
  unconstrained
  4. fri, åpen
  unobstructed
  5. fri, uten
  without
  6. fri, ledig
  without obligations

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  gratis
  without needing to pay

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  befri, frigi, løslate, frigjøre
  make free

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  free /fri:/
  I.   1.  wolny (of - od)  (from - od)
   2.  darmowy
  II.    uwalniać, zwalniać
  III.   1.  wolno, swobodnie
   2.  be free of/from sth (be V: :free [ :of | :from])
   - być pozbawionym czegoś
   3.  for free (:for :free)
   - za darmo
   4.  ``Feel free'' (:feel :free)
   - ,,Nie krępuj się''
  IV.  free enterprise /ˌfri: ˈentəpraɪz/   wolna inicjatywa
  V.  free kick /ˌfri: ˈkɪk/   rzut wolny
  VI.  free will /ˌfri: ˈwɪl/  1.  wolna wola
   2.  of one's own free will (:of PROPOSS :own :free :will)
   - z własnej nieprzymuszonej woli, z własnej woli

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  free /friː/  
  1. livre
  2. grátis
  3. libertar, livrar, tornar livre

From English-Russian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-rus ]

  free /friː/
  безвозмездный, бесплатный

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  free /friː/
  gratuito

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  free //fɹiː// 
  fri
  free from; without

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  1. fri, lös, släppt
  2. fri, gratis 2.
  not imprisoned
   3.
  software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement
   4.
  unconstrained
   5.
  without obligations
   6.
  unobstructed
  3. ledig, fri
  not in use

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  gratis
  without needing to pay

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  free //fɹiː// /[fɹɪi̯]/ 
  befria, frigöra, frita
  make free

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  1. azat etmek, serbest bırakmak, çözmek
  2. hapisten kurtarmak, tahliye etmek.

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  free /fɹˈiː/
  1. özgür, hür, azat
  2. serbest, kurtulmuş, baymsız
  3. açık
  4. bedava, parasız
  5. (bot.) ayrı
  6. (kim) serbest terkipsiz
  7. eli açık, cömert
  8. teklifsiz, arsız
  9. from ile azade, muaf, beri
  10. of ile ari
  11. parasız. free alongside geminin bordasında teslim. free board parasız yemek. Free Church devletle ilişkisi olmayan kilise. free enterprise (ikt.) serbest teşebbüs. free flight roketin enerjisiz uçuşu. freefrom pain ağrıdan kurtulmuş. free gift karşılıksız hediye. free kick (spor) serbest vuruş, frikik. free lance serbest yazar veya fotoğrafçı. free list (ikt.) gümrüksüz giren eşya listesi
  12. bir yere parasız girenlerin listesi, parasız dergi alanların listesi. free liver her şeyden bol bol yiyip içen kimse. free love bir erkekle bir kadının nikâhsız olarak birlikte yaşaması. free on board (tic.) gemide teslim, fob. free port (tic.) serbest liman. free thought (özellikle on sekizinci yüzyılda) serbest düşünce. free trade (tic.) serbest ticaret, yüksek gümrük resminden muaf milletlerarası ticaret. free verse siir serbest nazım. free wheel (oto.) rnotorun hızı arabanın hızından az olduğu zaman tekerleklerin serbest dönmesini sağlayan tertibat
  13. bisiklette pedallar kullanılmayınca arka tekerleği serbest bırakan kenet. free with his money eli açık, cömert. make free with lâubali olmak, yüzgöz olmak. set free serbest bırakmak, azat etmek. freely  serbestçe.

From French-Breton FreeDict Dictionary (Geriadur Tomaz) ver. 0.2.7 :   [ freedict:fra-bre ]

  free /(en)fɹˈiː(fr)/
  frank a wirioù

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈfɹi/

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  FREE ships. By this is understood neutral vessels. Free ships are sometimes 
  considered as making free goods. 
  
  

From Bouvier's Law Dictionary, Revised 6th Ed (1856) :   [ bouvier ]

  FREE. Not bound to servitude; at liberty to act as one pleases. This word is 
  put in opposition to slave. 
       2. Representatives and direct taxes shall be apportioned among the 
  several states, which may be included within this Union, according to their 
  respective numbers, which shall be determined by adding to the whole number 
  of free persons, including those bound to service for a term of years, and 
  excluding Indians not taxed, three-fifths of all other persons. Const. U. S. 
  art. 1, s. 2. 3. It is also put in contradistinction to being bound as an 
  apprentice; as, an apprentice becomes free on attaining the age of twenty-
  one years. 
       4. The Declaration of Independence asserts that all men are born free, 
  and in at sense, the term includes all mankind. 
  
  

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  470 Moby Thesaurus words for "free":
     abandoned, able, above, absolve, accessible, acquit, adrift,
     affranchise, afloat, afoot and lighthearted, allowed, amnesty,
     approachable, arbitrary, artless, as a gift, as our guest,
     at large, at leisure, at liberty, at loose ends, at will,
     autarchic, autarkic, autonomous, available, bald, bare, bighearted,
     bluff, blunt, bounteous, bountiful, break loose, break out, broad,
     brusque, candid, cast off, casual, charitable, cleanse,
     cleanse away, clear, clear of, cleared, communicative,
     complimentary, conversable, costless, cut loose, debauched,
     decontaminate, deliver, delivered, democratic, demonstrative,
     deobstruct, deserted, destigmatize, detach, detached, diffuse,
     direct, disburden, discharge, disclose, disclosed, discretional,
     discretionary, disembarrass, disembroil, disencumber, disengage,
     disengaged, disentangle, disenthrall, disinvolve, disjoin,
     dislodge, dismiss, dispense from, dispense with, disperse,
     dissipated, dissolute, doff, downright, ease, ease off, easy,
     easygoing, effusive, elective, eleemosynary, emancipate,
     emancipated, empty, enfranchise, enfranchised, escaped, except,
     exculpate, excuse, exempt, exempt from, exonerate, expansive,
     expenseless, explicit, expose, exposed, extra, extract, extricate,
     extricated, extroverted, fallow, fast, fled, floating, flown,
     footloose, footloose and fancy-free, for free, for love,
     for nothing, for the asking, forgive, forsaken, forthright, frank,
     frankhearted, free and easy, free as air, free for nothing,
     free from, free gratis, free of, free of charge, free of cost,
     free up, free will, free-born, free-speaking, free-spoken,
     free-tongued, freebie, freeborn, freed, freehanded, freehearted,
     freely, fugitive, furlough, gallant, gay, generous, genuine,
     get out, giftlike, give absolution, give dispensation from,
     give release, give respite, given, giving, gossipy, gracious,
     grant amnesty to, grant immunity, grant remission, gratis,
     gratuitous, gratuitously, greathearted, handsome, heart-to-heart,
     honest, hospitable, idle, in the clear, independent,
     individualistic, informal, ingenuous, intermit, jobless, justify,
     large, largehearted, lavish, leisure, leisured, let go, let loose,
     let off, let out, let up, liberal, liberate, liberated, licentious,
     loose, loosely, loosen, lumpen, magnanimous, manifest, manumit,
     munificent, naked, natural, newsy, nonmandatory, nonpros, off,
     off duty, off work, offered, on one, on parole, on the house,
     on the loose, open, open-handed, openhanded, openhearted, openly,
     optional, out, out of, out of employ, out of harness, out of work,
     outgoing, outright, outspoken, pardon, parole, patefy, permitted,
     plain, plain-spoken, princely, proffered, profligate, profuse,
     purge, purge away, quash the charge, quit, quit of, rakehell,
     rakehellish, rakehelly, rakish, ransom, recover, redeem, redeemed,
     relax, relaxed, release, released, relieve, remise, remit, remove,
     reprieve, rescue, rescued, retired, retrieve, reveal, rickety, rid,
     rid of, round, runaway, salvage, save, save the necessity, scatter,
     scot-free, self-acting, self-active, self-determined,
     self-determining, self-directing, self-governed, self-governing,
     self-revealing, self-revelatory, semiretired, separate,
     set at large, set at liberty, set free, shaky, shed of, shrive,
     shut of, sincere, slack, slack off, slacken, sociable, sovereign,
     spare, spontaneous, spring, sprung, stintless, straight,
     straight-out, straightforward, suspend, take off, talkative,
     tear loose, tenantless, to his heirs, transparent, unanchored,
     unasked, unattached, unbar, unbesought, unbidden, unbind, unblock,
     unbolt, unbought, unbound, unbridled, unbuckle, unburden, unbutton,
     uncage, uncalled-for, uncase, unceremonious, unchain, unchained,
     unchecked, unclasp, unclench, unclog, unclogged, unclosed,
     unclutch, unclutter, uncoerced, uncommitted, uncompelled,
     unconditional, unconditioned, unconfined, unconstrained,
     uncontrolled, uncork, uncover, uncovered, uncurtain, undo, undone,
     undrape, unemployable, unemployed, unencumbered, unengaged,
     unenslaved, unequivocal, unfasten, unfastened, unfetter,
     unfettered, unfilled, unfixed, unfold, unforced, unfoul, unglue,
     ungrudging, unguarded, unhampered, unhidden, unhindered, unimpeded,
     uninfluenced, uninhabited, uninhibited, uninvited, uninvolved,
     unknot, unlace, unlatch, unleash, unlock, unloose, unloosen,
     unmanned, unobstructed, unoccupied, unpaid-for, unpeopled, unplug,
     unpopulated, unpressured, unprompted, unravel, unrepressed,
     unrequested, unrequired, unreserved, unreservedly, unrestrained,
     unrestricted, unreticent, unroll, unscramble, unseal, unsecretive,
     unselfish, unshackle, unshackled, unsheathe, unshrinking, unshut,
     unsilent, unsnarl, unsolicited, unsought, unsparing, unstaffed,
     unstick, unstinted, unstinting, unstop, unstopped, unstrap,
     unstuck, unsuppressed, untaken, untangle, untaxed, untenanted,
     untended, untie, untied, unused, unveil, unwrap, vacant, vindicate,
     voluntary, volunteer, weigh anchor, well out of, whitewash,
     wide-open, wild, willful, with abandon, withdraw the charge,
     without, without charge, without restraint, without stint
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  a. 自由的,大方的,免费的;
  v. 释放,解放;
  ad. 自由地,免费;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 空闲,自由的,免费的,丰富的
     vt. 释放,解放,使自由
     ad. 自由地,免费

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