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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

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

• Free will

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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