- (also free of charge)without payment
- Children under five travel free.
- We will send you our booklet free of charge.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- come
- absolutely
- completely
- entirely
- …
- for free
- free of charge
- for
- in a way that is not tied but is able to move about
- Attach the top and let the ends hang free.
- He yanked the door hard, and at last it swung free.
- Her long hair hung free down her back.
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryverbs- be
- roam
- run
- …
- completely
- entirely
- totally
- …
without payment
not tied
Word OriginOld English frēo (adjective), frēon (verb), of Germanic origin; related to Dutch vrij and German frei, from an Indo-European root meaning ‘to love’, shared by friend.
Idioms
See free in the Oxford Advanced American DictionarySee free in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic Englishmake free with something
- (disapproving) to use something a lot, even though it does not belong to you
- Does she know that you're making free with her belongings?
run free
- (of an animal) to be allowed to go where it likes; not tied to anything or kept in a cage
- Horses should be able to run free on large plots of land.
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