Free - Meaning and Usage
Free - Meaning and Usage

What is the meaning of 'free' in English? How to use 'free' in a sentence? Usages of 'free'.

'Free' is a frequently used English word. Although it has various meanings, it has 7 most basic meanings.

Meaning and Usage

1. A1 (adjective) not busy

・Are you free on Sunday

What do you do in your free time?


2. A2
(adjective) not being used

Is this seat free?

・The restroom isn't free.


3. A2
(adjective) costing nothing

Membership is free.

・Admission is free for students.


4. B1
(adjective) not limited or controlled

You are free to leave now.

・The bird was set free from its cage.

・In this country, people have the right to free speech.


5. B2
(adjective) not having something

Students are free from taxes.

・The report should be free of mistakes.


6. B2
(verb) to allow someone to leave

The teacher freed the students early after finishing the lesson.

・The judge decided to free the man after finding new evidence.


7. B2
(verb) to save; to release

She freed the bird that was trapped in the net.

・They worked together to free the people trapped in the building.

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