The Simple English Wiktionary has a definition for: free. Free may mean: For things that are not alive, it means that it is being given away by someone...

"freedom-respecting", not "free of charge". The opposite of free software is proprietary software. In 1984, Richard Stallman started the free software movement...

Free and open source software (for short: FOSS, means free software and/or open source software) is software whose source code is open and available to...

came from the term "free state," a U.S. state that banned slavery. Some Free-Staters were abolitionists from New England. Other Free-Staters were abolitionists...

A free market is an type of economy. In it, prices for things (goods) and work (services) are effected by how much is available (the supply) and how much...

When talking about the colonies in the New World, the term free people of color was used for people who had both European, and African, and sometimes native...

The Free Democratic Party or Freie Demokratische Partei, short FDP (from 1968 to 2001 F.D.P.), is a political party in Germany. The party advocates for...

A free radical, or radical, is an atom or molecule with an unpaired electron. The radical is reactive and seeks another electron to pair. Many free radicals...

The Free Soil Party was, for a short duration, a political party in the United States. It was active in the 1848 and 1852 president elections, and in some...

The Free World is a term that was used during the era of the Cold War. It was often used by non-communist nations to describe themselves. It was used to...

The Free Church of Scotland is the general name given to groups of worshippers who broke off from the official Church of Scotland. All of the Scottish...

The Free State (Afrikaans: Vrystaat, Sotho: Foreistata; before 1995, the Orange Free State) is a province of South Africa. Its capital is Bloemfontein...

A free-electron laser, or FEL, is a laser that produces a very bright beam of light. It is basically a super flashlight. It shares the same optical properties...

which the practice of slavery was legal at a particular point in time. A free state were the ones in which slavery was prohibited. Slavery was an issue...

Free Voters (German: Freie Wähler; abbreviated as FW) is a group of politicians which takes part in German elections but is not registered as a political...

"Break Free" is a song by American recording artist Ariana Grande. It features Russian-German musician and producer Zedd. The song is the second single...

The Free Speech Flag is a symbol to promote freedom of speech. It was designed by artist John Marcotte. It was created on May 1, 2007, during a conflict...

the term free-rider refers to someone who benefits from resources, goods, or services without paying for the cost of the benefit. The term "free rider"...

The free software movement is a software movement which aims to improve the user's rights on software and reducing proprietary (non-free) software through...

Free will is being able to choose between different actions. If we judge an action (for example, as good or bad) it only makes sense if the action is freely...

Free France, was a government-in-exile during World War II. It started in 1940. It ended in 1944 when it was renamed to the Provisional Government of the...

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) is a non-profit corporation founded by Richard Stallman on 4 October 1985 to support the free software movement, a movement...

Free content, or free information, is any kind of work, artwork, or other creative content which does not have lots of legal restrictions about how people...

Fun and Fancy Free is a 1947 American animated musical fantasy comedy package movie. It was produced by Walt Disney. It was released on September 27, 1947...

Free Fire, earlier called Garena Free Fire, is a free-to-play battle royale game made and published by Garena. The game was released for Android and iOS...

A gluten-free diet is a diet that excludes foods that have gluten. Gluten is a protein found in wheat, barley, rye, and possibly oats. Most breads, cakes...

The Free Trade Party was an Australian political party from 1889 to 1909. It was officially known as the Australian Free Trade and Liberal Association...

The Free Speech Movement (FSM) was a massive, long-lasting student protest which took place during the 1964–65 academic year on the campus of the University...

Free-to-air services are Television and Radio services that broadcast around the world with clear and unencrypted form, unlike local air services they...

The Free City of Danzig (German: Freie Stadt Danzig; Polish: Wolne Miasto Gdańsk) was a self-governing port on the Baltic Sea port and a city-state. It...

The Orange Free State (Dutch: Oranje-Vrijstaat) was a country in southern Africa. It was ruled by the Afrikaners. It was defeated by the British Empire...

Land of the Free is the national anthem of Belize. Samuel Alfred Haynes wrote the words. Selwyn Walford Young wrote the music. They did this in 1963. It...

free settlers were people that chose to go to New Holland (now Australia). They were not forced to go there, as the convicts were. The English free settlers...

Free love is when people are free to have sexual relations with anyone without getting married. This has been used as early as in the 19th century. It...

The GNU Free Documentation License (GNU FDL or simply GFDL) is a copyleft license for open content such as software. It was made by the Free Software Foundation...

The Mexican free-tailed bat (Tadarida brasiliensis) is a type of bat. It is also called the Brazilian free-tailed bat. It is native to North and South...

The Free State of Prussia (German: Freistaat Preußen) was an internal territory of the former German Empire, established in 1918 per conventions of territorial...

The Wee Free Men is the 30th in the Discworld book series by Terry Pratchett. It was published in 2003. It is the second Discworld book written for children...

Free Peru, officially the Free Peru National Political Party (Spanish: Perú Libre) is a socialist political party in Peru. It was started in 2007 as the...

"free" In "free culture" means "freedom", not price. The beginning of the movement is connected to Lawrence Lessig who has written a book named Free Culture...

Free were an English rock band. The band started in London, England in 1968. They are best known for their famous song called "All Right Now". When the...

The Irish Free State (Irish: Saorstát Éireann) was the name of Ireland from 1922 to 1937. It replaced both the Irish Republic and Southern Ireland. The...

Free Guy is a 2021 American science fiction action comedy movie directed by Shawn Levy. It stars Ryan Reynolds (who also co-produced) as a bank teller...

A free travel pass is when certain passengers can use buses, trains or trams without paying a fare or showing a ticket. They may need to show an identification...

Free verse is a term for different styles of poetry that do not rhyme. Poets who have written in free verse include Rainer Maria Rilke, Saint-John Perse...

fighting for power in Kansas at the time: pro-slavery, abolitionists, and Free-Staters. Bleeding Kansas, fought over the issue of slavery, was a precursor...

A square-free integer is a number which is not divisible by any square numbers other than 1. In other words, each prime number that appears in its prime...

of speech is necessary for a democratic government. In countries without free speech, people might be afraid to say what they think. Then, the government...

Free fall is what happens when an object is allowed to fall on its own without propulsion or resistance. Someone who is standing is not in free fall,...

"Running Free" is a 1980 debut single by English heavy metal band Iron Maiden. It was taken from their debut self-titled album. It was released on 8 February...