free
adjective, adverb (LOOSE) /friː/Definition
› not in a fixed position or not joined to anything: Both bookcases stand free of the wall. The bolts have worked themselves free because of the vibrations. Rescuers took several hours to cut the survivors free from the wreckage.Separateness and isolation in spaceAlone
(Definition of free adjectiveadverb (LOOSE) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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- Centres of objects
- Closeness in distance and time
- Distant in space and time
- Edges & extremities of objects
- From, out and outside
- General location and orientation
- In & at
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Freddie Mac noun
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free adjective (CHEMICAL)
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free adjective (GIVING/USING OFTEN)
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free adjective (NOT BUSY)
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free adjective (WITHOUT)
- free adjective, adverb (LOOSE)
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free adjective, adverb (NO CHARGE)
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free adjective, adverb (NOT IN PRISON)
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free adjective, adverb (NOT LIMITED)
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free agent noun
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free association noun
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Synonyms and related words:
- apart adverb (SEPARATED)
- away adverb (INTO PLACE)
- away adverb (SOMEWHERE ELSE)
- bitty adjective
- cloistered adjective (SEPARATE)
- detached adjective (SEPARATE)
- disconnected adjective
- divorced adjective (SUBJECTS)
- freely adverb (ABLE TO MOVE EASILY)
- give sth/sb a wide berth idiom
- hermetically sealed adjective
- isolated adjective
- loose adjective (NOT FIXED)
- loosely adverb (NOT FIXED)
- parted adjective
- privacy noun
- private adjective (PERSONAL)
- purdah noun
- unattached adjective (NOT CONNECTED)
- uninhabited adjective
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