[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/free.html) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / free [← F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/F/) # free «free» in Mova's school dictionary: **it costs no money: you pay nothing for it** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it. ### part of speech adjective (free, freer, freest); adverb (free, for free); verb (free, frees, freed, freeing) ### meaning for a pupil 1) Free means it costs no money: you pay nothing for it. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m1) 2) Free means not shut in or held: a free bird can fly where it wants. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m2) 3) Free means not busy: free time is time with nothing you must do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m3) 4) Free means not being used: a free seat is empty. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m4) 5) To free someone or something is to let it go or get it loose. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m5) 6) Free from or free of means without something, like sugar-free or free from danger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m6) 7) To be free to do something means you are allowed to do it, with nobody stopping you. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#m7) ### sense in the lessons Money in maths: an item that costs 0, as in «buy 2, get 1 free»; also free time to fill or count. In science and safety: free from germs, smoke-free. In stories: a trapped animal is freed, a prisoner goes free. Phrases: «for free», «free time», «set free», «free of charge», «feel free to», «sugar-free». ### examples - Buy 3 pens and get 1 free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x1) - Entry is free for children. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x2) - She has 2 hours of free time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x3) - Every tenth coffee is free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x4) - Is this seat free? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x5) - The kids set the frog free in the pond. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x6) - The firefighter freed the cat stuck in the tree. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x7) - Feel free to ask me a question. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x8) - This gum is sugar-free. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/#x9) ### note A free item has price 0: count it in the things you get but not in the money paid. Trap: «buy 2 get 1 free» gives 3 items for the price of 2. Trap: «free time» is not money. Beware of «free» offers online that ask for your password or a parent's card: real free things do not need them. Comparatives freer, freest are rare. ### In the corpora - [While a parent is unemployed the family may claim benefits and cut spending; free fun like parks and libraries helps.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/4-when-work-goes-wrong/9/) - [A subscription keeps taking money every month until it is cancelled, and free trials often turn into payments.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/17/) - [Some cash machines charge a fee for taking out money, while most bank ones are free.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/7-cards-banks-and-apps/18/) - [Debt advice charities give free, private help to make a plan for paying debts back at a pace the family can manage.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/8-borrowing-and-debt/21/) - [A food bank is a charity that gives free food parcels, usually after a referral from someone like a school or a doctor.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/9-when-money-is-tight/17/) ### Trees and pragmatics [Every meaning and example of «free» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/free/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.