Free may refer to:

Concept

* Freedom, 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 meth ...

, 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 a ...

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

Computing

* Free (programming), 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, ...

, 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 t ...

, a broader class of software available at no cost

Mathematics

Free object In mathematics, the idea of a free object is one of the basic concepts of abstract algebra. Informally, a free object over a set ''A'' can be thought of as being a "generic" algebraic structure over ''A'': the only equations that hold between ele ...

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 su ...

** Free algebra **

Free group In mathematics, the free group ''F'S'' over a given set ''S'' consists of all words that can be built from members of ''S'', considering two words to be different unless their equality follows from the group axioms (e.g. ''st'' = ''suu''− ...

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 fie ...

** Free semigroup *

Free variable In mathematics, and in other disciplines involving formal languages, including mathematical logic and computer science, a free variable is a notation (symbol) that specifies places in an expression where substitution may take place and is n ...

People

* Free (surname) *

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 w ...

(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 propone ...

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

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 ...

, 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 ...

, 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-NR ...

, 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

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, 2008 * ''Free'', by

Stone In geology, rock (or stone) is any naturally occurring solid mass or aggregate of minerals or mineraloid matter. It is categorized by the minerals included, its Chemical compound, chemical composition, and the way in which it is formed. Rocks ...

, 1992

Songs

* "Free" (Broods song), 2016 * "Free" (Chicago song), 1971 * "Free" (Dara Maclean song), 2011 * "Free" (Deniece Williams song), 1976 * "Free" (Erika song), 2007 * "Free" (Estelle song), 2004 * "Free" (Haley Reinhart song), 2012 * "Free" (Mao Abe song), 2008 * "Free" (Mýa song), 2001 * "Free" (Natalia Kills song), 2011 * "Free" (Pete Murray song), 2011 * "Free" (Phish song), 1996 * "Free" (Rudimental song), 2013 * "Free" (Sarah Brightman song), 2003 * "Free" (Train song), 1998 * "Free" (Ultra Naté song), 1997 * "Free" (Zac Brown Band song), 2010 * "Free", by Alesha Dixon from '' 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 Charles Otto Puth Jr. (; born December 2, 1991) is an American singer and songwriter. His initial exposure came through the viral success of his song videos uploaded to YouTube. Puth initially signed with the record label eleveneleven after ...

, 2020 * "Free", by Dani Harmer, the theme from '' Dani's House'', 2008 * "Free", by Depeche Mode, B-side of "