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free-standing

free-standing is the alternative form of freestanding.

Meaning of freestanding

Adjective

freestanding (not comparable)

  1. Standing or set apart.
    • Near-synonyms: isolated, insulated, detached, individuated, separated
  2. Not attached to anything.
  3. Not supported by or on anything; independent.
    • a freestanding hospital not associated with any university medical school
  4. Of a computer program: that runs directly on a computer's hardware, without being managed by an operating system.
    • Freestanding C programs do not need to have a main function.1989, Rex Jaeschke, Mastering Standard C: A Self-Paced Training Workbook for Modern C Language, Horsham, P.A.: Professional Press, →ISBN, page 349
    Synonyms:
    stand-alone

Questions about free-standing

What is free-standing the alternative form of?
Free-standing is the alternative form of freestanding.

Words near free-standing in the dictionary

  1. free-speecher
  2. free-speechers
  3. free-spirited
  4. free-spiritedly
  5. free-spoken
  6. free-standing
  7. Free-Stater
  8. Free-Staters
  9. free-stone
  10. free-stones
  11. free-style

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Adapted from Wiktionary: free-standing (page history and authors); freestanding (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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