Free may refer to:

Concept

Freedom Freedom is understood as either having the ability to act or change without constraint or to possess the power and resources to fulfill one's purposes unhindered. Freedom is often associated with liberty and autonomy in the sense of "giving on ...

, having the ability to do something, without having to obey anyone/anything *

Freethought Freethought (sometimes spelled free thought) is an epistemological viewpoint which holds that beliefs should not be formed on the basis of authority, tradition, revelation, or dogma, and that beliefs should instead be reached by other methods ...

, a position that beliefs should be formed only on the basis of logic, reason, and empiricism *

Emancipate Emancipation generally means to free a person from a previous restraint or legal disability. More broadly, it is also used for efforts to procure Economic, social and cultural rights, economic and social rights, civil and political rights, pol ...

, to procure political rights, as for a disenfranchised group *

Free will Free will is the capacity of agents to choose between different possible courses of action unimpeded. Free will is closely linked to the concepts of moral responsibility, praise, culpability, sin, and other judgements which apply only to actio ...

, control exercised by rational agents over their actions and decisions * Free of charge, also known as gratis. See

Gratis vs libre The English adjective ''free'' is commonly used in one of two meanings: "at no monetary cost" (''gratis'') and "with little or no restriction" (''libre''). This ambiguity of ''free'' can cause issues where the distinction is important, as it ...

Computing

Free (programming) C dynamic memory allocation refers to performing manual memory management for dynamic memory allocation in the C programming language via a group of functions in the C standard library, namely , , , and . The C++ programming language includes t ...

, a function that releases dynamically allocated memory for reuse * Free format, a file format which can be used without restrictions *

Free software Free software or libre software is computer software distributed under terms that allow users to run the software for any purpose as well as to study, change, and distribute it and any adapted versions. Free software is a matter of liberty, no ...

, software usable and distributable with few restrictions and no payment *

Freeware Freeware is software, most often proprietary, that is distributed at no monetary cost to the end user. There is no agreed-upon set of rights, license, or EULA that defines ''freeware'' unambiguously; every publisher defines its own rules for the f ...

, a broader class of software available at no cost

Mathematics

* Free object **

Free abelian group In mathematics, a free abelian group is an abelian group with a basis. Being an abelian group means that it is a set with an addition operation that is associative, commutative, and invertible. A basis, also called an integral basis, is a subse ...

** Free algebra ** Free group **

Free module In mathematics, a free module is a module that has a basis – that is, a generating set consisting of linearly independent elements. Every vector space is a free module, but, if the ring of the coefficients is not a division ring (not a field in t ...

** Free semigroup * Free variable

People

Free (surname) Free is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: *Ana Free (born 1987), Portuguese musician * Ann Cottrell Free (1916–2004), American journalist *Arthur M. Free (1879–1953), American politician *Chandra Free (born 1981), American com ...

Free (rapper) Marie Antoinette Wright (born February 7, 1968), better known by her stage name, Free, is an American media personality, television producer, choreographer and philanthropist. She rose to fame as the first host of BET's '' 106 & Park''. She wa ...

(born 1968), or Free Marie, American rapper and media personality * Free, a pseudonym for the activist and writer

Abbie Hoffman Abbot Howard "Abbie" Hoffman (November 30, 1936 – April 12, 1989) was an American political and social activist who co-founded the Youth International Party ("Yippies") and was a member of the Chicago Seven. He was also a leading proponen ...

* Free (active 2003–), American musician in the band

FreeSol FreeSol is an alternative soul band from Memphis, Tennessee. History The name, “FreeSol”, refers to a state of mind - a freedom of expression - with a main objective of never conforming to the usual way of doing things. Armed with this philo ...

Arts and media

Film and television

* ''Free'' (film), a 2001 American dramedy * ''

Free! ''Free!'' is a Japanese anime television series produced by Kyoto Animation and Animation Do. The series is loosely based on the light novel, , written by Kōji Ōji, which received an honorable mention in the second Kyoto Animation Award ...

'', a Japanese anime series starting in 2013 * "Free" (''Desperate Housewives''), a television episode

Music

Bands and groups

Free (band) Free were an English rock band formed in London in 1968, best known for their hit songs "All Right Now" and "Wishing Well". Although renowned for their live shows and non-stop touring, their studio albums did not sell very well until their t ...

, an English rock band 1968–1973 *

Free!! Free!! was a Spanish mákina group composed of Alberto Tapia and Pedro Miras. They are known for being one of the most representative groups of the 90's Spanish "Mákina" phenomenon, at the time when this genre crossed over from dance clubs to t ...

, a Spanish mákina band 1994–2004 *

The Free The Free were a German eurodance Euro-Dance (sometimes referred to as Euro-NRG, Euro-electronica or Euro) is a genre of electronic dance music that originated in the late 1980s in Europe. It combines many elements of hip hop, techno, Hi-NRG ...

, a German eurodance band 1994–1999 *

Have Heart Have Heart was an American straight edge hardcore punk band formed in New Bedford, Massachusetts in 2002. The band recorded a demo that was released in 2003. In 2004, they released the ''What Counts'' EP ( Think Fast! Records), with their debut ...

, re-formed as Free since 2009, an American straight edge band

Albums

Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape) ''Free (Based Freestyles Mixtape)'' is a collaborative mixtape by American rappers Lil B Brandon Christopher McCartney (born August 17, 1989), professionally known as Lil B and as his alter ego The BasedGod, is an American rapper. Lil B has ...

'', by Lil B and Chance the Rapper, 2015 * ''Free'', by Hundredth, 2015 * ''free*'', by

Jim's Big Ego Jim's Big Ego is a Boston, Massachusetts-based band formed in 1995 under the leadership of singer/songwriter Jim Infantino, who was named as the best new artist of 1995 by the National Academy of Songwriters.'' Eugene Register-Guard''"Jim's Big ...

, 2008 * ''Free'', by

Libera Libera may refer to: * Libera (mythology), a Roman goddess of fertility * Libera (choir), a boy vocal group from London * ''Libera'' (film), a 1993 comedy film * "Libera" (song), a song by Italian artist Mia Martini * ''Libera'' (gastropod), a ...

, 2004 * ''Free'', by

Planetshakers Planetshakers is a contemporary worship music band, a central part of Planetshakers Church in Melbourne, Australia. With over 30 albums, the band toured annually to the US, UK, Europe, South Africa, Asia, South America, Australia and New Zealan ...

, 2008 * ''Free'', by Stone (band), Stone, 1992

Songs

* Free (Broods song), "Free" (Broods song), 2016 * Free (Chicago song), "Free" (Chicago song), 1971 * Free (Dara Maclean song), "Free" (Dara Maclean song), 2011 * Free (Deniece Williams song), "Free" (Deniece Williams song), 1976 * Free (Erika song), "Free" (Erika song), 2007 * Free (Estelle song), "Free" (Estelle song), 2004 * Free (Haley Reinhart song), "Free" (Haley Reinhart song), 2012 * Free (Mao Abe song), "Free" (Mao Abe song), 2008 * Free (Mýa song), "Free" (Mýa song), 2001 * Free (Natalia Kills song), "Free" (Natalia Kills song), 2011 * Free (Pete Murray song), "Free" (Pete Murray song), 2011 * Free (Phish song), "Free" (Phish song), 1996 * Free (Rudimental song), "Free" (Rudimental song), 2013 * Free (Sarah Brightman song), "Free" (Sarah Brightman song), 2003 * Free (Train song), "Free" (Train song), 1998 * Free (Ultra Naté song), "Free" (Ultra Naté song), 1997 * Free (Zac Brown Band song), "Free" (Zac Brown Band song), 2010 * "Free", by Alesha Dixon from ''Fired Up (Alesha album), Fired Up'', 2006 * "Free", by Bacon Popper, 1998 * "Free", by Blue October UK from ''One Day Silver, One Day Gold'', 2005 * "Free", by the Cars from ''Move Like This'', 2011 * "Free", by Cat Power from ''You Are Free'', 2003 * "Free", by Charlie Puth discography#Singles, Charlie Puth, 2020 * "Free", by Dani Harmer, the theme from ''Dani's House'', 2008 * "Free", by Depeche Mode, B-side of "Precious (Depeche Mode song), Precious", 2005 * "Free", by Destiny's Child from ''Destiny Fulfilled'', 2004 * "Free", by DJ Quicksilver, 1997 * "Free", by Donna De Lory from ''Bliss (Donna De Lory album), Bliss'', 2000 * "Free", by Enrique Iglesias from ''7 (Enrique Iglesias album), 7'', 2003 * "Free", by Ginny Owens from ''Without Condition'', 1999 * "Free", by Graffiti6 from ''Colours (Graffiti6 album), Colours'', 2010 * "Free", by H.E.R. from ''H.E.R. (album), H.E.R.'', 2017 * "Free", by Jeremy Camp from ''Reckless (Jeremy Camp album), Reckless'', 2013 * "Free", by Jon Secada discography#Singles, Jon Secada, 2006 * "Free", by Little Big Town from ''The Breaker (album), The Breaker'', 2017 * "Free", by Louis the Child from ''Here for Now'', 2020 * "Free", by the Martinis from ''Empire Records#Soundtrack, Empire Records: The Soundtrack'', 1995 * "Free", by Michelle Williams from ''Journey to Freedom (album), Journey to Freedom'', 2014 * "Free", by Mikolas Josef, 2016 * "Free", by Nakatomi (group), Nakatomi, 1995 * "Free", by Parcels (band), Parcels, 2021 * "Free", by Pink from ''Try This'', 2003 * "Free", by Plumb from ''Beautiful Lumps of Coal'', 2003 * "Free", by Powerman 5000 from ''Transform (Powerman 5000 album), Transform'', 2003 * "Free", by Primal Scream from ''Give Out But Don't Give Up'', 1994 * "Free", by Prince from ''1999 (Prince album), 1999'', 1982 * "Free", by Quiet Riot from ''Rehab (Quiet Riot album), Rehab'', 2006 * "Free", by Stephanie Mills from ''Born for This!'', 2004 * "Free", by Stevie Wonder from ''Characters (Stevie Wonder album), Characters'', 1987 * "Free", by Stryper from ''To Hell with the Devil'', 1986 * "Free", by VAST from ''Music for People (album), Music for People'', 2000 * "Free", by Why Don't We discography, Why Don't We, 2016 * "Free", by Will Downing, 1988 * "Free", by Yu Yamada, the ending theme for the anime ''Basquash!'', 2009 * "Free", written by List of songs written by Irving Berlin#F, Irving Berlin

Other media

* Free (Anderson book), ''Free'' (Anderson book), a 2009 economics book by Chris Anderson * Free (Ypi book), ''Free'' (Ypi book), a 2021 memoir by Lea Ypi * Free (Soul Eater), Free (''Soul Eater''), a character from the manga and anime ''Soul Eater''

Organizations

* Fight Repression of Erotic Expression, a University of Minnesota student group, now the Queer Student Cultural Center * Foundation for Rational Economics and Education, a libertarian think tank founded by Ron Paul * Foundation for Research on Economics and the Environment, a think tank that promotes free-market environmentalism * Free (ISP), a French internet service provider * Free Airlines, a Kinshasa Congolese air operator

Other

* Free (cigarette), from Brazil * Free, Indiana, USA; an unincorporated community * Free content, material without significant legal usability restrictions * Voyah Free, an electric car