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Definition
free1 Show phoneticsadjective
1 NOT CONTROLLED able to live, happen, or exist without being controlled by anyone or anything
free trade
a free society
[+ to do sth] People should be free to say what they think.
2 NO COST not costing any money
a free sample of perfume
Entry is free for children under 12.
The unemployed get their prescriptions free of charge.
3 NOT A PRISONER not in prison or in a cage
He opened the cage and set the birds free.
4 NOT BUSY not busy doing anything
Are you free this evening?
I don't have much free time.
5 NOT USED not being used by anyone
Is this seat free?
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a life free from pain
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something that you say in order to tell someone that they are allowed to do something
[+ to do sth] Please feel free to ask questions.
