Free - English meaning

verb

Declare (someone) free from guilt, obligation, or punishment.

Usage examples:

The pardon absolved them of any crimes

idiom

Having escaped, especially from confinement

phrase

(especially of a criminal or dangerous animal) at liberty; escaped or not yet captured.

Usage examples:

The fugitive was still at large

phrase

As a whole; in general.

Usage examples:

There has been a loss of community values in society at large

adjective

Able to be used or obtained; at someone's disposal.

Usage examples:

Refreshments will be available all afternoon

adjective

Generously given or giving; bountiful.

Usage examples:

The earth yields a bounteous harvest

adjective

Large or generous in amount

Usage examples:

A bounteous crop, a bounteous reward

adjective

Large in quantity; abundant.

Usage examples:

The ocean provided a bountiful supply of fresh food

adjective

(of a person) generous, or (of a thing) large in amount

Usage examples:

This field produced a bountiful supply of corn.

adjective

Relating to the assistance of those in need.

Usage examples:

He has spent £50,000 on charitable causes

adjective

Showing or motivated by sympathy and generosity

adjective

Kind and not judging people in a negative way

Usage examples:

They are known as a charitable people., she was involved in many charitable organizations., the dis…

adjective

Expressing a compliment; praising or approving.

Usage examples:

Jennie was very complimentary about kath's riding

adjective

Expressing approval, admiration, or respect with a remark or action

Usage examples:

Everybody was complimentary about the hotel service., as theater employees, we get complimentary ti…

adjective

Saying good things about someone or something

Usage examples:

Highly/very complimentary the reviews of her latest book are highly complimentary., he was less tha…

adjective

Able to be communicated with, especially by phone or email

Usage examples:

Is he contactable at his home number?, 80 percent of australian people are contactable by mobile ph…

verb

Bring and hand over (a letter, parcel, or goods) to the proper recipient or address.

Usage examples:

The products should be delivered on time

verb

Bring to a destination

verb

To take goods, letters, or packages to people’s houses or places of work

Usage examples:

[ t ] we had the pizza delivered., [ t ] we call our pharmacy with the doctor’s prescription and as…

verb

Tell (someone) officially that they can or must leave a place or situation.

Usage examples:

They stressed that staff would not be actively discharging anyone and no programme was in place to …

noun

The action of discharging someone from a hospital or from the armed forces or police.

Usage examples:

Referrals can be discussed before discharge from hospital

verb

To allow someone to leave

Usage examples:

Allen was discharged from the hospital yesterday., [ i ] the soapy water from the washing machine w…

verb

Set free, especially from legal, social, or political restrictions.

Usage examples:

The people were emancipated from the shackles of oppression

verb

To free a person from another person’s control

preposition

Not including; other than.

Usage examples:

They work every day except sunday

conjunction

Used before a statement that forms an exception to one just made.

Usage examples:

I didn't tell him anything, except that i needed the money

verb

Specify as excluded from a category or group.

Usage examples:

Five classes of advertisement are excepted from control

verb

Seek to lessen the blame attaching to (a fault or offence); try to justify.

Usage examples:

He did nothing to hide or excuse jacob's cruelty

noun

A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offence.

Usage examples:

There can be no excuse for any further delay

verb

To forgive someone

Usage examples:

Please excuse me for being so late – there was a lot of traffic., it was hard to excuse him for tre…

adjective

Free from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

Usage examples:

These patients are exempt from all charges

verb

Free (a person or organization) from an obligation or liability imposed on others.

Usage examples:

They were exempted from paying the tax

noun

A person who is exempt from something, especially the payment of tax.

Usage examples:

Thus, journalists' duties vary along a spectrum from the nonexempt to the exempt.

adjective

Lacking restraint in spending money or using resources.

Usage examples:

It was rather extravagant to buy both

adjective

More expensive than is necessary or reasonable, or having the characteristics of being expensive

Usage examples:

Company executives enjoyed an extravagant lifestyle., top athletes are showered with extravagant gi…

adjective

Spending or costing a lot of money

Usage examples:

Severe cuts in public spending mean that demands for extravagant pay rises are no longer realistic.…

adjective

Showing a readiness to give more of something, especially money, than is strictly necessary or expected.

Usage examples:

A generous benefactor to the university

adjective

Willing to give and share unstintingly

adjective

(of someone) willing to give help or support, esp. more than is usual or expected, or (of something) larger than usual or expected

Usage examples:

A generous donor, food in generous portions, please give generously to those in need.

adjective

Providing love or other emotional support; caring.

Usage examples:

He was very giving and supportive

verb

Freely transfer the possession of (something) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She gave him presents and clothes

adverb

Without charge; free.

Usage examples:

A monthly programme was issued gratis

adjective

Given or done for nothing; free.

Usage examples:

Gratis books

adjective

Free; not costing anything

Usage examples:

Drinks were gratis.

adjective

Done without good reason; uncalled for.

Usage examples:

Gratuitous violence

adjective

Not necessary; with no reasonable cause

Usage examples:

There were too many gratuitous personal insults throughout the debate.

adjective

(of a person) avoiding work; lazy.

Usage examples:

Idle students

verb

Spend time doing nothing.

Usage examples:

Four men were idling outside the shop

adjective

Not working, not active, or doing nothing

Usage examples:

Idle factories, the machines are standing idle because there are no spare parts., idle speculation,…

adjective

Sumptuously rich, elaborate, or luxurious.

Usage examples:

A lavish banquet

verb

Bestow something in generous or extravagant quantities on.

Usage examples:

The media couldn't lavish enough praise on the film

adjective

Spending, giving, or using more than is necessary or reasonable; more than enough

Usage examples:

The team has the most lavish training facility in the league., they live in a lavishly furnished ap…

adjective

Willing to respect or accept behaviour or opinions different from one's own; open to new ideas.

Usage examples:

They have liberal views on divorce

noun

A supporter of policies that are socially progressive and promote social welfare.

Usage examples:

Are we dealing with a polarization between liberals and conservatives?

adjective

Allowing many different types of beliefs or behavior

Usage examples:

A liberal society/person, a liberal policy/position, some merchants offer very liberal return polic…

verb

Set (someone) free from imprisonment, slavery, or oppression.

Usage examples:

The serfs had been liberated

verb

To release someone from control, duties, limits, or prison

Usage examples:

Muoz rivera helped liberate puerto rico from spain., liberated nations/people, summer vacation mean…

adjective

Not firmly or tightly fixed in place; detached or able to be detached.

Usage examples:

A loose tooth

noun

Loose play.

Usage examples:

He was in powerful form in the loose

verb

Set free; release.

Usage examples:

The hounds have been loosed

preposition

With the subtraction of.

Usage examples:

What's ninety three minus seven?

adjective

(before a number) below zero; negative.

Usage examples:

Minus five

noun

Short for minus sign.

adjective

Characterized by or displaying great generosity.

Usage examples:

A munificent bequest

adjective

Very generous with money

Usage examples:

A former student has donated a munificent sum of money to the college.

preposition

Short for of, used to represent a pronunciation.

Usage examples:

A cup o' coffee

abbreviation

Ortho-.

Usage examples:

O -xylene

suffix

Forming chiefly informal or slang variants or derivatives such as beano, wino.

adverb

Away from the place in question; to or at a distance.

Usage examples:

The man ran off

preposition

Moving away and often down from.

Usage examples:

He rolled off the bed

adjective

Characterized by performing or feeling worse than usual; unsatisfactory or inadequate.

Usage examples:

Even the greatest athletes have off days

adjective

Generous

Usage examples:

Open-handed assistance

noun

The action of forgiving or being forgiven for an error or offence.

Usage examples:

He obtained pardon for his sins

verb

Forgive or excuse (a person, error, or offence).

Usage examples:

I know catherine will pardon me

exclamation

A request to a speaker to repeat something because one did not hear or understand it.

Usage examples:

‘pardon?’ i said, cupping a hand to my ear

adjective

Spending money or using resources freely and recklessly; wastefully extravagant.

Usage examples:

Prodigal habits die hard

noun

A person who spends money in a recklessly extravagant way.

Usage examples:

He hated rich prodigals who lived useless, imprudent lives

adjective

Tending to spend or use something without thinking of the future

Usage examples:

He was prodigal with his talents.

verb

Allow or enable to escape from confinement; set free.

Usage examples:

An official confirmed the prisoners would be released

noun

The action or process of releasing or being released.

Usage examples:

A campaign by the prisoner's mother resulted in his release

verb

Cancel or postpone the punishment of (someone, especially someone condemned to death).

Usage examples:

Under the new regime, prisoners under sentence of death were reprieved

noun

A cancellation or postponement of a punishment.

Usage examples:

He accepted the death sentence and refused to appeal for a reprieve

noun

An official order to delay or stop a prisoner’s punishment, esp. the punishment of death

Usage examples:

The warden notified shaw of his reprieve., the play, about to close, was granted a four-week reprie…

preposition

Without.

Usage examples:

A picture of maughan sans specs

noun

Short for sanatorium.

abbreviation

Storage area network.

idiom

Grant freedom to

adjective

Additional to what is required for ordinary use.

Usage examples:

Few people had spare cash for inessentials

noun

An item kept in case another item of the same type is lost, broken, or worn out.

Usage examples:

The wheel's broken and it would be suicide to go on without a spare

verb

Give (something of which one has enough) to (someone).

Usage examples:

She asked if i could spare her a bob or two

adjective

Not bound or tied up.

Usage examples:

Her hair was unbound

verb

Past and past participle of unbind.

verb

Release from bonds or restraints.

Usage examples:

The guards unbound the prisoners

verb

Release from a cage.

Usage examples:

They had forgotten to uncage the two black owls

verb

Remove the chains fastening or securing (someone or something).

Usage examples:

They returned, unchained tom and took him upstairs

verb

Remove the chains fastening or securing (someone or something).

Usage examples:

They returned, unchained tom and took him upstairs

adjective

Not confined to a limited space.

Usage examples:

Sows should be unconfined at farrowing

adjective

Not kept in a limited space; allowed to move or grow freely

Usage examples:

Their animals are unconfined and able to roam., there was unconfined joy, i understand, when she qu…

verb

Release from a restraining or inhibiting force.

Usage examples:

His imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic

adjective

Unrestrained or uninhibited.

Usage examples:

Unfettered artistic genius

verb

Release from a restraining or inhibiting force.

Usage examples:

His imagination is unfettered by the laws of logic

adjective

Not controlled, limited, or prevented by anyone

Usage examples:

The law gives the governor unfettered discretion to make these appointments.

verb

Release (a dog) from a leash.

Usage examples:

They dig up badger setts and unleash terriers into them

verb

To let happen or begin something powerful that, once begun, cannot be controlled

Usage examples:

The vice president unleashed a furious attack on leading democratic representatives in congress.

verb

To free by removing or releasing manacles or handcuffs.

adjective

(of a building, seat, etc.) not being occupied or used.

Usage examples:

The house has been unoccupied for some time

adjective

Without anyone in it, or not busy

Usage examples:

Are there any unoccupied seats in that row?

adjective

Not restrained or restricted.

Usage examples:

A display of unrestrained delight

adjective

Not limited in any way

Usage examples:

Unrestrained fury, unrestrained capitalism

adjective

(of a loan) made without an asset given as security.

Usage examples:

Do not include the payments you are supposed to make on any unsecured credit such as personal loans…

verb

Release from shackles, chains, or other physical restraints.

Usage examples:

They were unshackled and released

adjective

Not chained or shackled.

Usage examples:

He had handcuffs on his wrists but his feet were unshackled

verb

Release from shackles, chains, or other physical restraints.

Usage examples:

They were unshackled and released

adjective

Given or giving without restraint; unsparing.

Usage examples:

He was unstinting in his praise

adjective

Extremely generous with time, money, praise, help, etc.

Usage examples:

Unstinting support/generosity, she was quite unstinting in her praise.

verb

Release or free from a tether.

Usage examples:

I reached the horses and untethered them

adjective

Not physically connected or fastened to something

Usage examples:

Helium is a colourless, odourless inert gas we associate most often with balloons that float skywar…

verb

Undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up).

Usage examples:

She knelt to untie her laces

verb

To unfasten a knot or something tied

Usage examples:

I had to help her untie her shoelaces.

adjective

Not fastened or knotted.

Usage examples:

A chinese vases was smashed when a museum visitor tripped over his untied shoe

verb

Undo or unfasten (something that is tied or tied up).

Usage examples:

She knelt to untie her laces

verb

To unfasten a knot or something tied

Usage examples:

I had to help her untie her shoelaces.

preposition

In the absence of.

Usage examples:

He went to sweden without her

adverb

Outside.

Usage examples:

The barbarians without the gates

conjunction

Without it being the case that.

Usage examples:

He won't be able to go without we know it