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Meaning of free agent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. A professional athlete who is free to play for or sign a contract to play for any team.
  2. A person who acts freely, or without constraint to a higher power.

Examples

“Or, if that’s too cringe, you can put it like The Wall Street Journal did at the end of last month: “With this spending bonanza and frenzy of movement, AI geeks are being treated more like NBA free agents.””
“Nevertheless, in despite of the shackles by which he is bound, it is pretended he is a free agent, or that independent of the causes by which he is moved, he determines his own will; regulates his own condition.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

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