Meaning of free | Babel Free

Definitions

1. free (not imprisoned or enslaved)
2. Unconstrained.
3. Not imprisoned or enslaved.
4. free (unconstrained)
5. Freestyle.
6. Generous; liberal.
7. free (without obligations)
8. Without charge.
9. Clear of offence or crime; guiltless; innocent.
   obsolete
10. free (that can be unattached to another morpheme)
11. the state of not being under control and being able to do whatever one wishes. The prisoner was given his freedom. vryheid حُريَّه свобода liberdade svoboda die Freiheit frihed ελευθερίαlibertad vabadus آزادی vapaus libertéחירות आजादी sloboda szabadság kebebasan frelsi, frjálsræði libertà 自由 자유 laisvė brīvība kebebasan vrijheid frihetwolność ازادى، خپلواكى، استقلال اختيار، سپينوالى (دلهجى صراحت): اسانتيا liberdade libertate свобода sloboda, voľnosť svoboda sloboda frihet อิสรภาพ özgürlük 自由 в...
12. Without obligations.
13. free (without; not containing)
14. (also freephone ; American toll-free number) a telephone number of a business or an organization that can be used free of charge by their customers etc; the system giving this service. vry, gratis مُكالمَه حُرَّه أو دون رسوم أو مجانيَّه безплатен телефон telefone 0800 kostenloser Telefonservice gratis telefonnummer δωρεάν τηλεφωνική γραμμή teléfono gratuito tasuta teenustelefon تلفن رایگان ilmaisnumero numéro vert טֶלֶפוֹן-חינָם फ्रीफोन besplatni telefon, Služba za korisnike zöld szám telepon...
    also
15. To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
16. a contest, debate etc in which anyone can take part. oop vir almal مفتوح للجميع достъпен от всеки aberto otevřený, přístupný všem offener Wettbewerb frit slag; åben for alle που μπορούν όλοι να λάβουν μέρος discusión abierta a todos vaba osavõtuga مسابقه آزاد avoin ouvert à tous פָּתוּח לַכּוֹל तर्क, लड़ाई जिस में उपस्थित सभी लोग भाग लेते हैं vatrena opća diskusija általános verekedés untuk umum opin keppni dibattito aperto 飛入り自由のコンテスト 누구나 참가할 수 있는 경기(토론 atviros varžytynės, laisva diskusija a...
    etc
17. Upholding individual rights.
18. (of a drawing etc) (done) without any instruments (eg a ruler) to guide the hand. vrye hand بدون استعمال الأداه с голи ръце à mão livre od ruky freihändig frihånds- ελεύθερο σχέδιο a mano alzada vaba käega دست ساخت käsivarainen à main levée מְצוּיָר בַּיָד अपने मन से करने की इजाजत slobodno crtanje szabadkézi rajz tanpa alat fríhendis a mano libera 手だけで描いた (자 등을 쓰지 않고) 손만으로 쓴 atliktas ranka; iš rankos (par zīmējumu u.tml.) ar brīvu roku tanpa alatan uit de vrije hand frihånds-odręczny د لاسه ج...
    etc
19. With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
20. (of land, property etc) belonging completely to the owner, not just for a certain time. permanente eiendomsreg مُلْك صِرْف، ملكية مُطلَقَه пълна собственост на недвижим имот pleno v plném vlastnictví freier Grundbesitz ejendomsret κατά πλήρη κυριότητα de feudo franco alaline مالکیت مطلق täysi omistusoikeus en toute propriété בַעֲלוּת צְמוּתָה निष्कर सम्पत्ति neograniceno (vlasništvo nad nekretninom) szabad tulajdon hak milik sjálfseignar- in proprietà assoluta 自由保有の 자유 토지 보유의 absoliučiai prik...
    etc
21. Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.
22. (of or done by) a person who is working on his own, not for any one employer. a freelance journalist; freelance work. vryskut مُسْتَقِل في عملِه независим работник freelance nezávislý pracovník; na volné noze der/die Freischaffende, freischaffend freelance; freelance- ελεύθερος επαγγελματίαςindependiente, autónomo vabakutseline آدم آزاد و غیر وابسته به جایی freelance- à la pige, de pigiste עצמאי स्वतंत्र slobodni stručnjak, slobodnjak; slobodan, nezavisan szabadúszó pekerja lepas lausamaður; ...
23. Obtainable without any payment.
24. to work in this way. He is freelancing now. vryskut يَعْمَل مُسْتَقِلا работя независимо trabalhar por conta própria poštovné hrazené adresátem freiberuflich tätig sein portofri forsendelse είμαι ελεύθερος επαγγελματίας trabajar por cuenta propia vabakutselise ametit pidama بطور ناوابسته کار کردن työskennellä freelancerina travailler à la pige לַעֲבוֹד בְּאוֹפֶן עַצמָאִי फ्रीलांस काम करना raditi kao slobodan strucnjak szabadúszó kerja lepas vera í lausamennsku lavorare come freelance/libero p...
25. Complimentary.
    broadly
26. a system in Britain in which a business or an organization pays the cost of the post sent to it. posgeld reeds betaal نِظام دَفْع رَسم البَريد сбезплатна кореспонденция correio a cobrar die Freipost (Porto wird vom Empfänger gezahlt) portofri forsendelse ταχυδρομικό τέλος που έχει ήδη καταβληθεί franqueo pagado postiteenus, mille kulud tasub kättesaaja سیستمی در انگلیس که هزینه مرسوله های پستی به عهده سازمان یا مکان گیرنده می باشد ilmaisposti port payé לְלא דְמֵי-דוֹאָר फ्रीलांस काम करना sust...
27. In any of various technical senses generic, universal.
    abstract
28. Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.
    abstract
29. Belonging to the image of some free functor.
    abstract
30. Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.
    abstract
31. Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).
    abstract
32. Unconstrained by quantifiers.
    abstract
33. Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.
    abstract
34. (of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.
    abstract
35. Unobstructed, without blockages.
    physical
36. Unattached or uncombined.
    physical
37. Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.
    physical
38. Not attached; loose.
    physical
39. Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.
    physical
40. Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
41. Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.
    dated
42. Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.
    dated
43. Certain or honourable; the opposite of base.
    UK, obsolete
44. Privileged or individual; proprietary.

Equivalents

Examples

“He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted.”

“Quickly, spirit! / Thou shalt ere long be free.”

“There was some laughter, and Roddle was left free to expand his ideas on the periodic visits of cowboys to the town. “Mason Rickets, he had ten big punkins a-sittin' in front of his store, an' them fellers from the Upside-down-F ranch shot 'em up […].””

“Policing the relationship between government and business in a free society is difficult. Businesspeople have every right to lobby governments, and civil servants to take jobs in the private sector.”

“Free Blacks”

“a free man”

“He's very free with his money.”

“My hands are guilty, but my heart is free.”

“free time”

“a free school”

“Why, sir, I pray, are not the streets as free / For me as for you?”

“the Free World”

“This is a free country.”

“OpenOffice is free software.”

“Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete.”

“The government provides free health care.”

“It's free real estate.”

“Buy a TV to get a free DVD player!”

“The fundamental group of the figure eight is free of rank 2.”

“z is the free variable in #92;forallx#92;existsy#58;xy#61;z.”

“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.”

“Furthermore, the free anterior margin of the lobule is arched toward the lobe and is often involute[…]”

“We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat.  I would like to live free from care in the mountains.”

“princes declaring themselves free from the obligations of their treaties”

“One morning I had been driven to the precarious refuge afforded by the steps of the inn, after rejecting offers from the Celebrity to join him in a variety of amusements. But even here I was not free from interruption, for he was seated on a horse-block below me, playing with a fox terrier.”

“a free horse”

“He therefore makes all birds, of every sect, / Free of his farm.”

“free service;  free socage”

“a free fishery;  a free warren”

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