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SET FREE

Pronunciation (US):

• SET FREE (verb)
The verb SET FREE has 1 sense:

1. grant freedom to

Familiarity information: SET FREE used as a verb is very rare.

• SET FREE (verb)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Grant freedom to

Classified under:

Verbs of political and social activities and events

Synonyms:

set free; liberate

Context example:

The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university

Hypernyms (to "set free" is one way to...):

discharge; free (free from obligations or duties)

Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "set free"):

affranchise; enfranchise (grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude)

emancipate; manumit (free from slavery or servitude)

decolonise; decolonize (grant independence to (a former colony))

Sentence frames:

Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody

"A cat may look at a king."
(English proverb)
"Measure twice, cut once."
(Bulgarian proverb)
"No one knows a son better than the father."
(Chinese proverb)
"Forbidden fruit is the sweetest."
(Czech proverb)

Useful links:
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Definition of manumit
decolonise definition

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