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Free is an English language adjective, verb, and adverb.
As an adjective or adverb, free may either describe a state of autonomy, or the quality of being unfettered by some arbitrary restriction. It may also describe a commodity for which one is unobligated to pay. For an elaboration on this distinction, see Gratis versus Libre.
The transitive verb to free may variously mean to emancipate, to release from a constriction, or to confer freedom.
The adjective free appears in many contexts:
Contents
- 1 Economics
- 2 Mathematics
- 3 Philosophy
- 4 Popular music
- 5 Literature
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Economics
- Free software
- Freeware
- Gratis
Mathematics
- Free object
- Free group
- Free abelian group
- Free module
- Free algebra
- Free variable
Philosophy
Negative - there is no such thing as a free lunch, freedom is not free
Positive - free as a bird or free oxygen
Popular music
- Free (band)
- Free, an eponymous music album by the musical group Free
- Free, a music album by the musical group For Real
- Free, a music album by the rock band Negativland
- Free (rapper)
Literature
Free, a pseudonym for the activist and writer Abbie Hoffman
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