"free up" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: frees up [present, singular, third-person], freeing up [participle, present], freed up [participle, past], freed up [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*|head=free up}} free up (third-person singular simple present frees up, present participle freeing up, simple past and past participle freed up)
  1. (transitive) To make (space or time) available. Tags: transitive Translations (to make (space or time) available): vapauttaa (Finnish), felszabadít (Hungarian), oswobodzić (Polish), освободи́ть (osvobodítʹ) (Russian), вы́свободить (výsvoboditʹ) (Russian), desalojar (Spanish), desocupar (Spanish), frigöra (Swedish), yer açmak (Turkish)
    Sense id: en-free_up-en-verb-KnDHzKJN Disambiguation of 'to make (space or time) available': 87 13
  2. (transitive) To make (a person or resource) available. Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-free_up-en-verb-hZIovvy5 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "up", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 27 73 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "up": 14 86 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 20 80 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 19 81 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 12 88 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 7 93 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 17 83 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 10 90 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 13 87 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 13 87

Inflected forms

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          "text": "Selling those old books freed up most of the spare room.",
          "type": "example"
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          "text": "You can free up space on your hard disk by deleting temporary files.",
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          "text": "If you're coming to visit for the weekend, I'll free up Saturday for you.",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "vapauttaa"
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      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "felszabadít"
    },
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      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "oswobodzić"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "osvobodítʹ",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "освободи́ть"
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      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "вы́свободить"
    },
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "desalojar"
    },
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "desocupar"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "frigöra"
    },
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to make (space or time) available",
      "word": "yer açmak"
    }
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  "word": "free up"
}

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