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Collocations for free - verb

VERB + free

struggle to, try to
She struggled to free herself from his grip.
manage to

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PREPOSITION

from
They succeeded in freeing their friends from prison.
of
He had finally been freed of his responsibilities.

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PHRASES

be freed on bail
The court ruled that he should be freed on bail of $50 000.

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Free is used with these nouns as the object:
capital, captive, hostage, inmate, mind, prisoner, slave, tongue

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Collocations for free - adj.

1. not controlled by rules

VERBS

be, feel, seem
become
remain
leave sb
The government wants to leave companies free to make their own decisions.

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ADVERB

completely, entirely, quite, totally
The students are entirely free to choose their own courses.
truly
fairly, reasonably, relatively

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PREPOSITION

from
The organization wants to remain free from government control.

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2. not in prison; not restricted/trapped

VERBS

be, roam, run
animals roaming free across the plains
break, get, pull
The ship broke free from its moorings.
They tied him up but he managed to get free.
She managed to pull free of her attacker.
go, walk
He said he would let the prisoners go free.
She walked free from jail.
remain
cut sb/sth, let sb/sth, pull sb/sth, set sb/sth
He was trapped by his leg, but his rescuers cut him free.
They let their prisoner free.
The birds were set free.

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ADVERB

completely, entirely, totally
truly

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3. costing nothing

VERBS

be, come
This attractive poster comes free with the magazine.

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ADVERB

absolutely, completely, entirely, totally
virtually

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PHRASES

for free
We might be able to get some plants for free.
free of charge
We will send you our booklet free of charge.

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PREPOSITION

for
The exhibition is free for children under ten.

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4. (free) without sth

VERBS

be
become
remain, stay
keep sth
We've managed to keep the garden free of weeds this year.

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ADVERB

completely, entirely, totally
At last he's totally free from pain.
relatively
virtually

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5. not being used

VERBS

be, seem
become
keep sth
The hospital needs to keep some beds free for emergencies.

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ADVERB

completely

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6. not busy

VERBS

be
Are you free this afternoon?
keep sth
We try and keep Sundays free.

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ADVERB

completely, entirely, totally
fairly, pretty, reasonably

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Free is used with these nouns:
access, accommodation, admission, advice, agent, association, booze, buffet, CD, choice, clinic, collection, competition, concert, consultation, copy, country, coupon, distribution, drink, election, electricity, end, enquiry, enterprise, entertainment, entry, exchange, exercise, expression, flow, gift, gig, hand, handout, hotline, improvisation, instruction, interpretation, jazz, kick, labour, leaflet, lift, love, mailing list, man, market, membership, merchandise, movement, nation, offer, overdraft, pardon, parking, pass, passage, prescription, press, publicity, quotation, quote, registration, rent, rental, republic, ride, sample, seminar, service, site, society, software, space, speech, spirit, subscription, thinker, thought, ticket, time, trade, trader, trading, transfer, translation, travel, treatment, trial, trip, tuition, union, use, verse, vote, weight, will, world

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Collocations for free - adv.

Free is used with these verbs:
call, distribute, provide, roam, supply, wriggle

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