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lib·er·ate
(lĭb′ə-rāt′)tr.v. lib·er·at·ed, lib·er·at·ing, lib·er·ates
1. To set free, as from oppression, confinement, or foreign control.
2. Chemistry To release (a gas, for example) from combination.
3. Slang To obtain by illegal or stealthy action: tried to sell appliances that were liberated during the riot.
lib′er·at′ing·ly adv.
lib′er·a′tor n.
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liberate
(ˈlɪbəˌreɪt)vb (tr)
1. to give liberty to; make free
2. (Chemistry) to release (something, esp a gas) from chemical combination during a chemical reaction
3. (Military) to release from occupation or subjugation by a foreign power
4. to free from social prejudices or injustices
5. euphemistic or facetious to steal
ˈliberˌator n
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lib•er•ate
(ˈlɪb əˌreɪt)v.t. -at•ed, -at•ing.
1. to set free, as from imprisonment.
2. to free (a nation or area) from control by a foreign or oppressive government.
3. to free (a group or individual) from social or economic constraints or discrimination, esp. arising from traditional role expectations or bias.
4. to disengage; set free from combination, as a gas.
5. Informal. to steal or take over illegally: The prisoners liberated a consignment of chocolates.
[1615–25; < Latin līberātus, past participle of līberāre to free, derivative of līber free]
lib′er•a`tor, n.
syn: See release.
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liberate
Past participle: liberated
Gerund: liberating
| Imperative |
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| liberate |
| liberate |
| Present |
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| I liberate |
| you liberate |
| he/she/it liberates |
| we liberate |
| you liberate |
| they liberate |
| Preterite |
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| I liberated |
| you liberated |
| he/she/it liberated |
| we liberated |
| you liberated |
| they liberated |
| Present Continuous |
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| I am liberating |
| you are liberating |
| he/she/it is liberating |
| we are liberating |
| you are liberating |
| they are liberating |
| Present Perfect |
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| I have liberated |
| you have liberated |
| he/she/it has liberated |
| we have liberated |
| you have liberated |
| they have liberated |
| Past Continuous |
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| I was liberating |
| you were liberating |
| he/she/it was liberating |
| we were liberating |
| you were liberating |
| they were liberating |
| Past Perfect |
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| I had liberated |
| you had liberated |
| he/she/it had liberated |
| we had liberated |
| you had liberated |
| they had liberated |
| Future |
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| I will liberate |
| you will liberate |
| he/she/it will liberate |
| we will liberate |
| you will liberate |
| they will liberate |
| Future Perfect |
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| I will have liberated |
| you will have liberated |
| he/she/it will have liberated |
| we will have liberated |
| you will have liberated |
| they will have liberated |
| Future Continuous |
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| I will be liberating |
| you will be liberating |
| he/she/it will be liberating |
| we will be liberating |
| you will be liberating |
| they will be liberating |
| Present Perfect Continuous |
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| I have been liberating |
| you have been liberating |
| he/she/it has been liberating |
| we have been liberating |
| you have been liberating |
| they have been liberating |
| Future Perfect Continuous |
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| I will have been liberating |
| you will have been liberating |
| he/she/it will have been liberating |
| we will have been liberating |
| you will have been liberating |
| they will have been liberating |
| Past Perfect Continuous |
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| I had been liberating |
| you had been liberating |
| he/she/it had been liberating |
| we had been liberating |
| you had been liberating |
| they had been liberating |
| Conditional |
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| I would liberate |
| you would liberate |
| he/she/it would liberate |
| we would liberate |
| you would liberate |
| they would liberate |
| Past Conditional |
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| I would have liberated |
| you would have liberated |
| he/she/it would have liberated |
| we would have liberated |
| you would have liberated |
| they would have liberated |
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Verb 1. liberate - give equal rights to; of women and minorities
change state, turn - undergo a transformation or a change of position or action; "We turned from Socialism to Capitalism"; "The people turned against the President when he stole the election"
2. [画像:liberate - grant freedom to]liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement
unspell - release from a spell
unchain - make free
bail - release after a security has been paid
run - set animals loose to graze
bail out - free on bail
parole - release a criminal from detention and place him on parole; "The prisoner was paroled after serving 10 years in prison"
3. liberate - grant freedom to; "The students liberated their slaves upon graduating from the university"
affranchise, enfranchise - grant freedom to; as from slavery or servitude; "Slaves were enfranchised in the mid-19th century"
manumit, emancipate - free from slavery or servitude
decolonise, decolonize - grant independence to (a former colony); "West Africa was decolonized in the early 1960's"
4. liberate - release (gas or energy) as a result of a chemical reaction or physical decomposition
chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
bring forth, generate - bring into existence; "The new manager generated a lot of problems"; "The computer bug generated chaos in the office"; "The computer generated this image"; "The earthquake generated a tsunami"
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liberate
verb free, release, rescue, save, deliver, discharge, redeem, let out, set free, let loose, untie, emancipate, unchain, unbind, manumit How committed is the leadership to liberating its people from poverty?
jail, detain, imprison, lock up, confine, put away, intern, incarcerate, immure
jail, detain, imprison, lock up, confine, put away, intern, incarcerate, immure
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liberate
verbThe American Heritage® Roget's Thesaurus. Copyright © 2013, 2014 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.
Translations
يُحَرِّر
osvobodit
befri
felszabadít
frelsa
išsivadavimasišvadavimasišvaduotojas
atbrīvot
osvoboditi
liberate
[ˈlɪbəreɪt] VT (= free) → liberar, libertar (from de) [+ prisoner, slave] → poner en libertad ; [+ gas etc] → dejar escaparCollins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
liberate
vt
(= free) prisoner, country, city → befreien ; to liberate somebody from something → jdn von etw befreien
gas etc → freisetzen
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Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
liberate
(ˈlibəreit) verb to set free. The prisoners were liberated by the new government. bevry يُحَرِّر освобождавам libertar osvobodit freilassen befri ελευθερώνω liberar, poner en libertad vabastama آزاد کردن vapauttaa libérer לְשַחרֵר मुक्त करना osloboditi felszabadít membebaskan frelsa liberare 自由にする 자유롭게 하다 išvaduoti, paleisti atbrīvot membebaskan vrijlaten, bevrijden sette fri, befri wyzwolić آزادول libertar a elibera освобождать oslobodiť osvoboditi osloboditi befria ปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ serbest bırakmak 解放, 釋放 звільняти, визволяти آزاد کرنا giải phóng 解放,释放
libeˈration noun bevryding تَحْرير освобождение libertação osvobození die Befreiung befrielse απελευθέρωση liberación vabastamine آزادسازی vapautus libération שִׁיחרוּר मुक्ति oslobođenje megszabadítás pembebasan frelsun liberazione 解放 해방 iš(si)vadavimas atbrīvošana pembebasan vrijlating, bevrijding befrielse, frigjøring wyzwolenie آزادى وركول libertação eliberare освобождение oslobodenie osvoboditev oslobađanje befrielse การปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ serbest bırakma 解放 звільнення, визволення آزادی việc giải phóng dân tộc 解放
ˈliberator noun bevryer مُحَرِّر освободител libertador osvoboditel, -ka der Befreier befrier ελευθερωτής libertador vabastaja آزاد کننده vapauttaja libérateur/-trice מְשַחרֵר परिमोचक osloboditelj (fel)szabadító pembebas frelsari liberatore, liberatrice 解放者 해방자 išvaduotojas atbrīvotājs pembebas bevrijder befrier wyzwoliciel آزاد كونكى libertador eliberator освободитель osloboditeľ, -ka osvoboditelj oslobodilac befriare บุคคลที่ปล่อยให้เป็นอิสระ kurtaran, kurtarıcı 解放者 визволитель آزاد کرانے والا người giải phóng 解放者
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