freedom
/ˈfɹiːdəm/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.86 in modern English
13
Scrabble Score
7
Letters
2
Syllables
6
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
The lack of a specific constraint, or of constraints in general; a state of being free, unconstrained.
Countable
adj
American.
Humorous
name
A number of places in the United States:
name
A number of places in the United States:
Example Sentences
- "Having recently been released from prison, he didn't know what to do with his newfound freedom."
- "Well Russia at the present time is at a crossroads. It is often said that the Cold War is over and that the West has won it- that's only half true. Because what has happened is that the communists have been defeated, but the ideas of freedom now are on trial. If they don't work, there will be a reversion to, not communism which has failed, but what I call a new despotism which would pose a mortal danger to the rest of the world because it would be infected with the virus of Russian imperialism which of course has been a characteristic of Russian foreign policy for centuries."
- "However, the next generation of innovators to benefit from this freedom – Google, Facebook, Amazon, Microsoft, Apple et al – saw no reason to extend it to anyone else."
- "Freedom of speech is a basic democratic value."
- "People in our city enjoy many freedoms."
- "Every child has a right to freedom from fear and freedom from want."
Etymology
From Middle English fredom, freedom, from Old English frēodōm (“freedom, state of free-will, charter, emancipation, deliverance”), from Proto-West Germanic *frijadōm (“freedom”). Equivalent to free + -dom. Cognate with North Frisian fridoem (“freedom”), Dutch vrijdom (“freedom”), Low German frīdom (“freedom”), Middle High German vrītuom (“freedom”), Norwegian fridom (“freedom”).
Origin
Word Breakdown
Regional Pronunciation
- American English: /ˈfɹiːdəm/
- British English: /ˈfɹiːdəm/