free

adjectiveA1UK /fɹiː/ US /fɹi/

Unconstrained.

Not imprisoned or enslaved.
Generous; liberal.
Without obligations.
To be enjoyed by anyone freely.
Upholding individual rights.
With no or only freedom-preserving limitations on distribution or modification.
Intended for release, and omitting debugging diagnostics, as opposed to a checked version.

Obtainable without any payment.

Unconstrained. / In any of various technical senses generic, universal.

Left adjoint to a forgetful functor G; such that any map f:X→G(A) induces a universal map ̄f:F(X)→A.abstract
Belonging to the image of some free functor.abstract
Having a set of generators which satisfy no non-trivial relations; equivalently, being the group of reduced words on a set of generators.abstract
Having a linearly independent set of generators (called a basis).abstract

Unconstrained.

Unconstrained by quantifiers.abstract
Unconstrained of identifiers, not bound.abstract
(of a morpheme) That can be used by itself, unattached to another morpheme.abstract
Unobstructed, without blockages.physical
Unattached or uncombined.physical
Not currently in use; not taken; unoccupied.physical
Not attached; loose.physical
Of a rocket or missile: not under the control of a guidance system after being launched.physical

Without; not containing (what is specified); exempt; clear; liberated.
Ready; eager; acting without spurring or whipping; spirited.dated
Invested with a particular freedom or franchise; enjoying certain immunities or privileges; admitted to special rights; followed by of.dated
Privileged or individual; proprietary.
Having oversteer.US, slang

Forms

Example sentences1951 results

A democrat is a free citizen who yields to the will of the majority.

I feel that I am free.