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Free can be a noun, an adverb, an adjective or a verb.

free used as a noun:

  1. Abbreviation of free kick.

Nouns are naming words. They are used to represent a person (soldier, Jamie), place (Germany, beach), thing (telephone, mirror), quality (hardness, courage), or an action (a run, a punch). Learn more →

free used as an adverb:

  1. Without needing to pay.
    "I got this bike free."

An adverb is a word that modifies an adjective (very red), verb (quietly running), or another adverb (very carefully). Learn more →

free used as an adjective:

  1. Not imprisoned or enslaved.
    "a free man"
  2. Obtainable without payment.
    "All drinks are free"
  3. Unconstrained.
    "He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted"
  4. Unconstrained by relators.
    "The free group on three generators"
  5. Unconstrained by quantifiers.
    "z is the free variable in "\forall x\exists y:xy=z"."
  6. Unobstructed, without blockages.
    "The drain was free."
  7. Not in use
    "Go sit on this chair, it's free."
  8. Without obligations.
    "free time"
  9. With very few limitations on distribution or improvement. Compare proprietary software.
    "free software"
  10. Without; not containing (what is specified).
    "We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat"
  11. Of identifiers, not bound.
  12. Not attached to the stipe.
    "In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free."
  13. Not imprisoned or enslaved.
    "a free man"
  14. Obtainable without payment.
    "All drinks are free"
  15. Unconstrained.
    "He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted"
  16. Unconstrained by relators.
    "The free group on three generators"
  17. Unconstrained by quantifiers.
    "z is the free variable in "\forall x\exists y:xy=z"."
  18. Unobstructed, without blockages.
    "The drain was free."
  19. Not in use
    "Go sit on this chair, it's free."
  20. Without obligations.
    "free time"
  21. With very few limitations on distribution or improvement. Compare proprietary software.
    "free software"
  22. Without; not containing (what is specified).
    "We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat"
  23. Of identifiers, not bound.
  24. Not attached to the stipe.
    "In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free."

Adjectives are are describing words. An adjective is a word that modifies a noun or pronoun (examples: small, scary, silly). Adjectives make the meaning of a noun more precise. Learn more →

free used as a verb:

  1. To make free; set at liberty; release; rid of that which confines, limits, embarrasses, or oppresses.

Verbs are action words and state of being words. Examples of action words are: ran, attacking, dreamed. Examples of "state of being" words are: is, was, be. Learn more →

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What type of word is free?

As detailed above, 'free' can be a noun, an adverb, an adjective or a verb. Here are some examples of its usage:
  1. Adverb usage: I got this bike free.
  2. Adjective usage: a free man
  3. Adjective usage: All drinks are free
  4. Adjective usage: He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted
  5. Adjective usage: The free group on three generators
  6. Adjective usage: z is the free variable in "\forall x\exists y:xy=z".
  7. Adjective usage: The drain was free.
  8. Adjective usage: Go sit on this chair, it's free.
  9. Adjective usage: free time
  10. Adjective usage: free software
  11. Adjective usage: We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat
  12. Adjective usage: In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.
  13. Adjective usage: a free man
  14. Adjective usage: All drinks are free
  15. Adjective usage: He was given free rein to do whatever he wanted
  16. Adjective usage: The free group on three generators
  17. Adjective usage: z is the free variable in "\forall x\exists y:xy=z".
  18. Adjective usage: The drain was free.
  19. Adjective usage: Go sit on this chair, it's free.
  20. Adjective usage: free time
  21. Adjective usage: free software
  22. Adjective usage: We had a wholesome, filling meal, free of meat
  23. Adjective usage: In this group of mushrooms, the gills are free.

Unfortunately, with the current database that runs this site, I don't have data about which senses of free are used most commonly. I've got ideas about how to fix this but will need to find a source of "sense" frequencies. Hopefully there's enough info above to help you understand the part of speech of free, and guess at its most common usage.

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The dictionary is based on the amazing Wiktionary project by wikimedia. I initially started with WordNet, but then realised that it was missing many types of words/lemma (determiners, pronouns, abbreviations, and many more). This caused me to investigate the 1913 edition of Websters Dictionary - which is now in the public domain. However, after a day's work wrangling it into a database I realised that there were far too many errors (especially with the part-of-speech tagging) for it to be viable for Word Type.

Finally, I went back to Wiktionary - which I already knew about, but had been avoiding because it's not properly structured for parsing. That's when I stumbled across the UBY project - an amazing project which needs more recognition. The researchers have parsed the whole of Wiktionary and other sources, and compiled everything into a single unified resource. I simply extracted the Wiktionary entries and threw them into this interface! So it took a little more work than expected, but I'm happy I kept at it after the first couple of blunders.

Special thanks to the contributors of the open-source code that was used in this project: the UBY project (mentioned above), @mongodb and express.js.

Currently, this is based on a version of wiktionary which is a few years old. I plan to update it to a newer version soon and that update should bring in a bunch of new word senses for many words (or more accurately, lemma).

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