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freelancing

freelancing is the present participle and gerund of freelance.

Meaning of freelance

Verb

freelance (third-person singular simple present freelances, present participle freelancing, simple past and past participle freelanced)

  1. (intransitive) To work as a freelance.
  2. (transitive) To produce or sell services as a freelance.

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Noun

freelancing (uncountable)

  1. (fire service) The act of performing one's duties outside of the chain of command and SOPs.

Questions about freelancing

What does freelancing mean?
Freelancing means the act of performing one's duties outside of the chain of command and SOPs.
What is freelancing the present participle and gerund of?
Freelancing is the present participle and gerund of freelance.
What part of speech is freelancing?
Freelancing is a noun.

Words near freelancing in the dictionary

  1. freelance
  2. freelanced
  3. freelancer
  4. freelancers
  5. freelances
  6. freelancing
  7. Freeland
  8. Freelander
  9. Freelanders
  10. freeledge
  11. freeledges

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Adapted from Wiktionary: freelancing (page history and authors); freelance (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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