free
adjective
enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery.
freed
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past participleof free.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof free.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
freeadjectiveenjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery.
Example Sentences
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That, too, may feel inadequate and potentially perilous—would Clancy be freed in just a few years?
From Slate ● Sep. 5, 2026
A Los Angeles County man will soon be freed from state prison where he spent 12 years after being wrongfully convicted of shooting two men in Lynwood in 2013, prosecutors said Friday.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Dix was a key adviser during the Himalayan rescue effort that successfully freed all 41 Indian workers trapped inside a collapsed under-construction road tunnel in 2023.
From Barron's ● Sep. 4, 2026
Once emergency funding has been freed up, what else is there to do but send thoughts and prayers?
From Salon ● Sep. 2, 2026
He passes over also one of the most famous tales about Hercules, how he freed Alcestis from death, which was the subject of another of Euripides’ plays.
From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton
