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frees

/fɹiːz/

frees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of free.

frees is the plural of free.

Meaning of free

Verb

free (third-person singular simple present frees, present participle freeing, simple past and past participle freed)

  1. (transitive) To make free; set at liberty; release.
    • Pro.[…]Spirit, fine ſpirit, Ile free thee / Within two dayes for this.1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published...
  2. (transitive) To rid of something that confines or oppresses.
    • Then I walked about, till I found on the further side, a great river of sweet water, running with a strong current; whereupon I called to mind the boat-raft I had made aforetime and said to myself, "Needs must I make another; haply I may free me from this strait. If I escape, I have my desire and I...1885, Richard F. Burton, The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night, Night 564
  3. (transitive) To relinquish (previously allocated memory) to the system.
    • There is no way to access that original area of memory, nor is there any way to free it before the program ends.2002, Jesse Liberty, SAMS Teach Yourself C++ in 24 Hours, page 148

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Proper noun capitalized: Frees

Frees

  1. (plural) plural of Free

Phrases with frees

Words that rhyme with frees

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Questions about frees

What is frees the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Frees is the third-person singular simple present indicative of free.
What part of speech is frees?
Frees is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce frees?
Frees is pronounced /fɹiːz/.

Words near frees in the dictionary

  1. freerun
  2. freerunner
  3. freerunners
  4. freerunning
  5. freeruns
  6. frees
  7. frees up
  8. Freese
  9. Freeses
  10. freesheet
  11. freesheets

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Adapted from Wiktionary: frees (page history and authors); Frees (page history and authors); free (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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