a free day/morning/half-hour etc I haven’t got a free day this week. free for Are you free for lunch tomorrow? free to do something At last I was free to concentrate on my own research. 4 AVAILABLE not busy if you are free, or have some free time, you have no work, and nothing else that you must do → available I’m free next weekend. The legislation will allow the free movement of goods through all the countries in Europe. Patients are now allowed free access to their medical records. For the first time in its history, the country has a free press. We would all support the principle of free speech. He became president following the country’s first free elections last year. free of I longed to be free of my family. Women are struggling to break free from tradition. free from Newspapers today are entirely free from government control. free to do something Remember, you are free to say no.
3 FREE TO DO WHAT YOU WANT not controlled allowed to do or say whatever you want, or allowed to happen, without being controlled or restricted by anyone or anything We had a free and open discussion about religion. break/pull/struggle free She broke free from her attacker.
Hundreds of dogs roam free on the streets. The animals are allowed to run free in the park. He was found not guilty and walked free from the court. They have called on the government to set all political prisoners free. With one leap he was free! He walked out of the courtroom a free man. 2 FREE/COST NOTHING not a prisoner not held, tied up, or kept somewhere as a prisoner He knew he could be free in as little as three years. There’s a special free gift with this month’s magazine. Send for our free information pack for more details. All students are offered free accommodation. S1 W1 adjective 1 FREE/COST NOTHING no cost something that is free does not cost you any money Admission is free for children under 9.* links out to English dictionaries and Thesauri.Free freely From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English free free 1 / friː / * natural English pronunciation for almost all headwords * direct linking into description page for Idioms and Phrasal Verbs * progressive look-up for quick searching
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