Used as a flat adverb meaning 'without cost' or 'without restriction'.
Определения
Without cost or payment; gratis. Children under twelve can enter free during the festival.
Without restriction or impediment; in a liberated or unrestricted manner. After years in captivity, the prisoners were finally walking free.
Синонимы
for free
without charge
free of charge
on the house
at no cost
Collective plural in ‘the free’; countable in sports contexts meaning a free kick/throw.
Определения
People who are free; those not enslaved, imprisoned, or oppressed (used with “the”). They fought so that the land of the free would remain independent.
(Sports) A free kick, free throw, or similar opportunity taken without opposition. The striker scored directly from a free just outside the penalty area.