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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"Typically, a president, whether he's good or bad, Republican or Democrat, loses the midterms," Trump told reporters as he hosted Stephen Hubbard, a US detainee recently freed by Russia, in the Oval Office.
From Barron's ● Oct. 30, 2026
Although the electrons were freed at different moments, their behavior remained connected through quantum correlations.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 29, 2026
Krems argued in court that his client should be freed because his health is deteriorating in L.A.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 17, 2026
Three mothers, their three daughters and two adult males were freed in a reserve in the west of the island on Friday.
From BBC ● Oct. 11, 2026
When Martha Washington died in May 1802, some of the Custis dower slaves were divided among her four grandchildren, and others were freed.
From "In the Shadow of Liberty" by Kenneth C. Davis
