free

/friː/ verb [T] (present participle freeing, past tense and past participle freed)

Translation

ALLOW TO LEAVE › to allow someone to leave a prison or place where they have been kept

serbest bırakmak, salıvermek, tahliye etmek

The last hostages were finally freed yesterday.1873

GET OUT › to get someone out of a situation or place that they cannot escape from

kurtarmak, çıkarmak

Firefighters worked for two hours to free the driver from the wreckage.1873

TAKE AWAY › to help someone by taking something unpleasant away from them

kurtulmasına yardım etmek

The book's success freed her from her financial worries.785

MAKE AVAILABLE ( also free up) › to make something available for someone to use

yer açmak, sağlamak

I need to free up some space for these files.1824

(Definition of free verb from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary English-Turkish © Cambridge University Press)

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