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# liberal

«liberal» in Mova's school dictionary: **Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (liberal, more liberal, most liberal); noun (a liberal, liberals; a Liberal)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Respecting people's freedom and willing to accept ideas and ways of life different from your own. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#m1)

2) (politics) Believing in individual freedom, equal rights and gradual change; in the USA «liberal» often means left of centre. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#m2)

3) (politics, Canada and Australia) The Liberal Party is a big party: in Canada it is centre or centre-left, in Australia it is centre-right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#m3)

4) Generous; given or used in large amounts. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#m4)

5) Not exact or strict, as in a liberal translation. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#m5)

### sense in the lessons

In citizenship and news lessons, liberal and conservative are words for political views, explained with each side in its own words. In everyday life, «a liberal amount of butter» means a lot. In school, «liberal arts» means subjects like history, languages and literature. Phrases: liberal with, liberal democracy, Liberal Democrats (UK party), liberal amount.

### examples

- She put a liberal amount of jam on her toast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x1)
- The Liberal Party won the election in Canada. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x2)
- In Australia, the Liberal Party is on the centre-right. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x3)
- My aunt has liberal views about how children should dress. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x4)
- A liberal democracy protects free speech and free elections. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x5)
- Dad is liberal with his praise. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x6)
- That's a very liberal translation; it changes some words. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x7)
- In the USA, people often argue about liberal and conservative ideas. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x8)
- Khacan was kind, generous, and liberal, and took pleasure in obliging, as far as in him lay, those who had business with him. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/liberal/#x9)

### note

Adjective and noun. Capital L for a party name (Liberal Party, Liberal Democrats). Trap: the meaning changes by country; in Australia a «Liberal» politician is centre-right, while an American «liberal» is centre-left. Noun: liberty, liberalism; verb: liberate (set free).

### In the corpora

- [The vile person shall be no more called liberal, nor the churl said to be noble.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.665/)
- [But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/jps/ISA.668/)
- [Many will entreat the favour of the liberal man; and every man is a friend to him that giveth gifts.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.534/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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