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# freedom

«freedom» in Mova's school dictionary: **being free: able to go where you like, say what you…** — 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

noun (freedom, freedoms)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Freedom is being free: able to go where you like, say what you think, and choose what to do, without being locked up or controlled. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#m1)

2) A freedom is a particular right, like freedom of speech or freedom of religion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#m2)

3) Freedom from something means not having it, as in "freedom from fear". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history lessons freedom is won by ending slavery and unfair laws; in the Bible story of Exodus, God leads the Israelites from slavery to freedom. In citizenship class pupils learn that freedoms come with responsibilities: your freedom ends where it hurts someone else. In stories, a caged bird flying away shows freedom. Phrases: freedom of speech, freedom to choose, fight for freedom, give someone freedom.

### examples

- The slaves sang songs about freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x1)
- In the holidays I love the freedom of riding my bike. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x2)
- Freedom of speech means you can share your views. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x3)
- The Israelites left Egypt and walked to freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x4)
- The bird flew out of the cage to freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x5)
- Mum gave me more freedom when I turned ten. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x6)
- Freedom comes with responsibility. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x7)
- "I won't interfere with my sister's freedom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/#x8)

### note

Usually uncountable; countable for specific rights ("our freedoms"). Adjective free; adverb freely. Spelling: free + dom, keeping both e's. Freedom does not mean doing anything at all; laws protect other people's freedom too.

### In the corpora

- [Rights belong to everyone, and freedom stops where it starts to hurt others.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/9/)
- [A free country gives people many freedoms, like speaking and voting, but freedom still has limits set by law.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/20/)
- [Your freedom stops where it starts to hurt other people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/21/)
- [After the plague so many workers had died that survivors could ask for higher pay, and many peasants won more freedom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/24-the-black-death-and-the-end-of-the-middle-ages/13/)
- [The Reformation split western Christianity into Catholic and Protestant churches, which led to long wars and later to more religious freedom.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/history/25-printing-the-renaissance-and-the-reformation/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «freedom» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/F/freedom/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.