{
    "term": "free",
    "partOfSpeech": "adjective",
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "a1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "without particular plans or arrangements; not busy",
            "sensetop": "free for something",
            "cefr": "a1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are you free on Saturday? We're having a barbecue."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We try to **keep** Sundays **free**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "If Sarah is free for lunch I'll take her out.",
                    "contextForm": "free for something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Keep Friday night free for my party."
                },
                {
                    "text": "What do you like to do in your **free time** *(= when you are not working)*?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's meet tomorrow. What time are you free?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Come over for dinner, if you're free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you free for dinner on Thursday?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Are you free on 25th July? We're having a little get-together."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's my birthday party a week on Friday, so keep it free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I invited them, but they weren't free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I had a couple of hours free so I went for a walk."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The morning is free for you to spend as you choose."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The next time I have a free day I'll come and see you."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We don't have any free weekends now until after Christmas."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I haven't had a free moment all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let's do something tomorrow. I'm completely free all day."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Ask her to give me a call as soon as she's free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I have to work until four, but after that I'm free."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "keep something"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "not being used",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He held out his free hand and I took it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is this seat free?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hospital needs to keep some beds free for emergencies."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The device allows you to talk on the phone with both hands free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She has the phone on the left to keep her right hand free for writing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "There were no free tables, so we had to share."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You just find a free desk and go work at it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "None of the library computers were free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Is the bathroom free?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Let me know when the shower is free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Seats get taken as soon as they become free."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "seem", "become"],
                "adverb": ["completely"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "costing nothing",
            "sensetop": "free to somebodyfree for somebodyfor free",
            "cefr": "a2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "**Admission** is **free**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "**free software/tickets**"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We even offer a **free** web design **service**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We''ll give you a fabulous free gift with each copy you buy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Use of the pool is free to members.",
                    "contextForm": "free to somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Updates are free for registered users.",
                    "contextForm": "free for somebody"
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can't expect people to work for free *(= without payment)*.",
                    "contextForm": "for free"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The exhibition is free for children under ten."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The upgrade will be available free to existing customers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Entrance is free for students."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Education should be free for everyone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Parking is free after 6 pm."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Membership is free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Shipping is free for orders over $50."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They get free medical care."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Subscribe to our free online newsletter."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We're giving away 100 free tickets to the final."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The game is available as a free download."
                },
                {
                    "text": "These are clean, green methods of harnessing free energy."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The website offers free legal advice to homeowners."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You get all this absolutely free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Events are free but you have to reserve a place."
                },
                {
                    "text": "This attractive poster comes free with the magazine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Responsible employers should provide these services free to staff."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We might be able to get some plants for free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You can get all this information for free online."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They might give you some stuff for free in exchange for mentioning them on your blog."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Money", "Shopping"],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "come"],
                "adverb": ["absolutely", "completely", "entirely"],
                "phrases": ["for free", "free of charge"],
                "preposition": ["for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 4,
            "definition": "not under the control or in the power of somebody else; able to do what you want",
            "sensetop": "free to do somethingfree from somethingfree of something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I have no ambitions other than to have a happy life and be free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Students have a free choice of modules in their final year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are free to leave at any time.",
                    "contextForm": "free to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The government wants to leave companies free to make their own decisions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The organization wants to remain free from government control.",
                    "contextForm": "free from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want an independent state free of foreign interference.",
                    "contextForm": "free of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘Can I sit here?’ ‘Please, **feel free** *(= of course you can)*.’"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Feel free to email me if you have any questions."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After my divorce I felt free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You have a completely free choice of topic for your essay."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children should be free to choose their own friends."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are free to express your opinion, of course."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The band split up, leaving her free to pursue solo projects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You are free to come and go as you please."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Guests are free to wander around the grounds."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Feel free to contact us at any time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's just my advice—feel free to ignore it."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They should remain an independent agency free from outside influence."
                },
                {
                    "text": "I try to make my own decisions, free of any outside influences."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was finally free of the constraints of her religious upbringing."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is making her own art free from commercial pressure."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 5,
            "definition": "not limited or controlled by anyone else",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "A true democracy needs **free speech** and a **free press**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He called for **free and fair elections**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They gave me **free access** to all the files."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We celebrate the role of the press in a free society."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In a free country you should be able to go wherever you want."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He opposes the free flow of goods and people into the country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the free flow of ideas through society"
                },
                {
                    "text": "the free movement of goods and capital"
                },
                {
                    "text": "We could help the developing world by giving them free access to markets."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We want to be a free and democratic nation."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He tried to create an open and free atmosphere in the school."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Has the obsession with cheap food, brought about by free, unfettered competition, reached its limits?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Children need time for unorganized free play."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "feel", "seem"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "quite"],
                "preposition": ["from"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 6,
            "definition": "not a prisoner or slave",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He walked out of jail **a free man**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hostages were all **set free**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The hacker is currently **free on bail**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "After twelve years in captivity, they were free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His captors set him free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It is worse to wrongly convict the innocent than to let the guilty go free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He had an alibi, so police had no choice but to let him walk free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The killer remains free and at large."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She pleaded with them to let her free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They declared the slaves free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "In ancient Rome it was possible for a slave to become a free man."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We are a free people and we will not be enslaved."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "roam", "run"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 7,
            "definition": "not tied up or in a cage",
            "sensetop": "free to do something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The researchers **set** the birds **free**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our livestock is free to roam.",
                    "contextForm": "free to do something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "animals roaming free across the plains"
                },
                {
                    "text": "He subdues one of the wild horses and then allows it to go free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She opened the cage and let the bird fly free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The chickens are free to range across a wide area."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The sheep are free to graze all over the mountainside."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "roam", "run"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 8,
            "definition": "clear; not blocked",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Ensure there is a **free flow** of air around the machine."
                },
                {
                    "text": "the **free movement** of traffic"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The grills allow free movement of air."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The roads are relatively free today."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The crowd parted, giving me a free path to the front."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The tube is free for water to move along."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Make sure the pipe is free of any obstruction."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 9,
            "definition": "not containing or affected by something harmful or unpleasant",
            "sensetop": "free from/of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "free from artificial colours and flavourings"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Everyone deserves to live free from fear."
                },
                {
                    "text": "free of defects/problems/symptoms"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Beef producers want their herds **free of disease**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It was several weeks before he was **completely free** of pain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We've managed to keep the garden free of weeds this year."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Animals on our farms are reared on diets free from GM feed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our staff have a right to work free from violence or threats."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a safe, loving home free of violence"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a workplace free from pressure or bullying"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The room was almost completely free of ornament."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Soundproofing can rarely make a space completely free of external noise."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The soil should be free from stones and large clods."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The picture is clear, free of any defects."
                },
                {
                    "text": "His tone was entirely free of irony."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The child should not return to school until he is entirely free from symptoms."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The text should be totally free of mistakes."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is remarkably free of self-importance."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "become", "remain"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 10,
            "definition": "without the thing mentioned",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "pure, additive-free ingredients"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a trouble-free life"
                },
                {
                    "text": "After six months of treatment he is cancer-free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "organic, chemical-free farming"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Our baby foods are guaranteed GM-free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "healthy, disease-free animals"
                },
                {
                    "text": "a virtually bacteria-free environment"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Completely pain-free childbirth is a myth."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She is now symptom-free and can return to work."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He's managed to stay injury-free this season."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Holidays should be a relaxed, pressure-free time."
                },
                {
                    "text": "It's not a race, just a pressure-free stroll."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wouldn't a totally stress-free life be boring?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "I want her time here to be happy and stress-free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a simple, hassle-free solution"
                },
                {
                    "text": "an error-free copy"
                },
                {
                    "text": "There's no such thing as problem-free insurance."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Her pregnancy was relatively problem-free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They describe themselves as child-free."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 11,
            "definition": "not attached to something; not stuck somewhere and unable to move",
            "sensetop": "free from somethingfree of something",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Pull gently on the free end of the rope."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She finally managed to **pull** herself **free**."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They tied him up but he managed to get free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "They had to be **cut free** from their car after the accident.",
                    "contextForm": "free from something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The boat had **broken free** of its moorings.",
                    "contextForm": "free of something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "They swam free of the wreckage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The wagon broke free from the train."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Edie tried to pull her hand free."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He pulled the sword free from the stone."
                },
                {
                    "text": "You jump on the free end of the board and dive in."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Tuck the free end away out of sight."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The ladder swung free from the cliff face."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The dog had broken free of its chain."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He managed to jump free of the car before it crashed."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She squirmed free of his grasp."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He struggled to get free, but the ropes held."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Some external parts of the car may flap around until eventually they work free and fall off."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "verbs": ["be", "roam", "run"],
                "adverb": ["completely", "entirely", "totally"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 12,
            "definition": "ready to give something, especially when it is not wanted",
            "sensetop": "free with something",
            "labels": "(often disapproving)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "He's too free with his opinions."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 13,
            "definition": "a free translation is not exact but gives the general meaning",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to have done something successfully, especially when it was difficult",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I could see the finish line and thought I was home free."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "informal; relaxed",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Life was never going to be so free and easy again."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "if you give somebody a free pass or somebody gets a free pass, they are not punished for something bad they have done, or they are given permission to do something bad",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "This time he gets a free pass but if he does it again, he’ll be sent to jail."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Just because someone has expensive designer gear, it doesn't mean they have a free pass to be mean to my staff."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get, have, etc. the opportunity to do what you want to do and to make your own decisions",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "I was given a free hand in designing the syllabus."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to get or take something without paying because somebody else is paying for it",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to give somebody complete freedom of action; to allow a feeling to be expressed freely",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "The designer was given free rein."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The script allows full rein to her larger-than-life acting style."
                },
                {
                    "text": "When I paint I just give my imagination free rein."
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used as a reply when somebody suggests that you should not do something, or when somebody has asked permission or said they are going to do something",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "It's a free country; I'll say what I like!"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Wear what you like. It's a free country."
                },
                {
                    "text": "‘It's a free country!’ he shouted. ‘I can do what I like!’"
                }
            ]
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "used to say that it is not possible to get something for nothing",
            "labels": "(informal)",
            "examples": []
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "to be allowed to leave court, etc., without receiving any punishment",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "She was acquitted and walked free from court."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Crime and punishment"]
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/friː/",
                "audio": "fr/free/free__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːə(r)/",
                "audio": "fr/free/freer__gb_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːɪst/",
                "audio": "fr/free/freest__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/friː/",
                "audio": "fr/free/free__us_1.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːər/",
                "audio": "fr/free/freer__us_3.mp3"
            },
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˈfriːɪst/",
                "audio": "fr/free/freest__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "Old 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."
}