liberated
part of speech
verb form and adjective (liberate, liberates, liberated, liberating)
meaning for a pupil
1) Set free from prison, an enemy army or control. tree →
2) Feeling free from rules, worries or old ideas (she felt liberated). tree →
3) (informal, jokey) Taken or "borrowed" without asking (he liberated a biscuit). tree →
sense in the lessons
In history lessons: towns liberated at the end of a war. In everyday talk: feeling liberated when exams are over. In stories: prisoners or animals liberated from cages. Phrases: liberated from, feel liberated.
examples
- The town was liberated by the soldiers. tree →
- The animals were liberated from their cages. tree →
- I felt liberated when the last exam finished. tree →
- The prisoners were liberated after many years. tree →
- Women fought to be liberated from unfair rules. tree →
- Somebody liberated the last cupcake from the tin (jokey). tree →
- I liberated fifteen prisoners, and one of them was Fionn.” tree →
note
Past form of "liberate"; regular. Noun: liberation; the person who frees: liberator. Similar: freed, released. "Liberating" as an adjective means making you feel free (a liberating day).
Trees and pragmatics
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