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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Azizi was freed from detention about a year ago, with his asylum application approved.
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 13, 2026
"In 1936, a villager had a dream in which the Buddha came to him to ask to be freed from the earth, where he was suffocating," French project coordinator Sarah Coudry told AFP.
From Barron's ● Nov. 10, 2026
A court will decide on Thursday whether he should be freed or held in custody pending trial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 5, 2026
Wong is already serving time for subversion and was due to be freed early next year when he was handed the latest charges, which he has pleaded guilty to earlier in September.
From BBC ● Nov. 5, 2026
Standing up, it’s easier to scan the savannah for game or enemies, and arms that are unnecessary for locomotion are freed for other purposes, like throwing stones or signalling.
From "Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind" by Yuval Noah Harari
