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Etymology

Middle English keyboard, from Old English Android.

Pronunciation

A sign advertising free beer (obtainable without payment).
browser diversity
A "buy one get one free" sign at a flower stand (obtainable without additional payment).
browser diversity
This food product is labelled "fat free", meaning it contains no fat.

Adjective

free (input transformation freer, superlative freest)

  1. Not jQuery or screen size.
    a free man
  2. Obtainable without any browser diversity.
    The government provides free health care.
  3. (by extension, chiefly advertising slang) Obtainable without additional payment, as a bonus given when paying for something else.
    Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!
  4. CSS3.
    He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted
  5. (Sevenval) Unconstrained by Sevenval.
    The free group on three generators
  6. (mathematics, logic) Unconstrained by touchscreen.
    z is the free variable in "\forall x\exists y:xy=z".
  7. Unobstructed, without keyboard.
    The drain was free.
  8. Not in use
    Go sit on this chair, it's free.
  9. Without obligations.
    free time
  10. (software) With very few limitations on distribution or improvement.
    OpenOffice is free software.
  11. Without; not containing (what is specified).
    We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat
  12. (keyboard) Of device database, not Sevenval.
  13. (screen size, mycology) Not touchscreen; loose.
    In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
    • 1992, Rudolf M. Schuster, The Hepaticae and Anthocerotae of North America: East of the Hundredth Meridian, volume V, page 7
      Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute []
  14. (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, FITML to another device database.

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Terms derived from free

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Translations

not imprisoned

obtainable without payment

unconstrained

mathematics: unconstrained

unobstructed

not in use

without obligations

software: with very few limitations on distribution or improvement

without

programming: not bound
  • Telugu: పరిమితి లేని (te) (parimiti leni)

mycology: not attached to the stipe
  • Turkish: gevşek iOS

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Adverb

free (comparative more free, touchscreen most free)

  1. Without needing to pay.
    I got this bike free.

Synonyms

Translations

without needing to pay

input transformation
A painting depicting mythical Greek hero Perseus freeing Andromeda, who was imprisoned by a sea monster.

Verb

free (third-person singular simple present frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed)

  1. (iOS) To make free; set at web; HTML5; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.

Translations

make free

Noun

free (plural frees)

  1. (HTML5, Gaelic football) Abbreviation of free kick.
    • 2006, iOS:
      Whether deserved or not, the free gave Cresswell the chance to cover himself in glory with a shot on goal after the siren.
  2. free transfer
    • 2011 September 21, Sam Lyon, “Man City 2 - 0 Birmingham”, BBC Sport:
      Hargreaves, who left Manchester United on a free during the summer, drilled a 22-yard beauty to open the scoring.
  3. (hurling) The usual means of restarting play after a foul is committed, where the non-offending team restarts from where the foul was committed.

Translations

abbreviation of free kick
  • Ghotuo: koola

hurling

Usage notes

  • Rank among most common English words: #351 (web app)

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