Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

liberated

/lˈɪbˌɝˌeɪtɪd/

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.53 in modern English

Syllables: lib-er-at-ed
IPA: /lˈɪbˌɝˌeɪtɪd/

12

Scrabble Score

9

Letters

4

Syllables

8

Unique Chars

Meaning

adj

Freed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual matters.

verb

simple past and past participle of liberate

Example Sentences

"a newly liberated prisoner"
"His is a very liberated lifestyle."
"She is sexually liberated."
"Even in the relatively liberated Scandinavian countries that permit a form of same-sex marriage, the legislation creating the right to marry explicitly states that such couples will not be permitted to adopt children."
"In private, Marilyn was perhaps more sexually liberated than most women were generally during her lifetime."
"The army liberated the POWs as they captured the camp."

Inflected Forms

more liberated (comparative) most liberated (superlative)

Derived Forms

libfix nonliberated photoliberated unliberated

Synonyms

emancipated

Questions

How do you pronounce liberated?: The recorded pronunciation is /lˈɪbˌɝˌeɪtɪd/.
What does liberated mean?: Freed, especially from traditional ideas in social and sexual matters.

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