free: signification et définitions

Not imprisoned or enslaved; being at liberty.

Not controlled by obligation or the will of another: felt free to go.

Having political independence: "America . . . is the freest and wealthiest nation in the world” ( Rudolph W. Giuliani).

Governed by consent and possessing or granting civil liberties: a free citizenry.

Not subject to arbitrary interference by a government: a free press.

Not affected or restricted by a given condition or circumstance: a healthy animal, free of disease; free from need.

Not subject to a given condition; exempt: income that is free of all taxes.

Not subject to external restraint: "Comment is free but facts are sacred” ( Charles Prestwich Scott).

Not literal or exact: a free translation.

Costing nothing; gratuitous: a free meal.

Publicly supported: free education.

Not occupied or used: a free locker.

Not taken up by scheduled activities: free time between classes.

Unobstructed; clear: a free lane.

Unguarded in expression or manner; open; frank.

Taking undue liberties; forward or overfamiliar.

Liberal or lavish: tourists who are free with their money.

Given, made, or done of one's own accord; voluntary or spontaneous: a free act of the will; free choices.

Chemistry & Physics Unconstrained; unconfined: free expansion.

Chemistry & Physics Not fixed in position; capable of relatively unrestricted motion: a free electron.

Chemistry & Physics Not chemically bound in a molecule: free oxygen.

Chemistry & Physics Involving no collisions or interactions: a free path.

Chemistry & Physics Empty: a free space.

Chemistry & Physics Unoccupied: a free energy level.

Nautical Favorable: a free wind.