- freedom
- nounADJECTIVE▪ complete, full, maximum, perfect, real, total, true▪ considerable, great▪
The new syllabus allows students greater freedom of choice.
▪ relative▪ basic, fundamental▪Living without war is a fundamental freedom.
▪ human▪ individual, personal▪Individual freedom should be balanced against the rights of the community.
▪ new, new-found▪When she lost her job, she at first relished her new-found freedom.
▪ academic, artistic, creative, economic, intellectual, political, press, religious, sexual▪Without academic freedom, we cannot do any research.
… OF FREEDOM▪ measure▪Teachers can exercise a measure of freedom in their choice of materials.
VERB + FREEDOM▪ enjoy (= have), have▪Publishers here enjoy comparative freedom to publish what they want.
▪ enjoy, relish (esp. BrE), value▪I was enjoying the freedom of not having to go to work.
▪As a society we value freedom and privacy.
▪ seek, want▪ find▪ exercise▪ achieve, gain, obtain, secure, win▪The women have won many new freedoms for themselves.
▪ maintain, preserve, retain▪ defend, protect▪This newspaper defends freedom of speech.
▪ promote▪ give up, lose, surrender▪As Mike saw it, marriage would mean giving up his freedom.
▪ cost sb▪His inability to resist temptation would eventually cost him his freedom.
▪ allow sb, give sb, grant sb, offer sb, permit sb▪ bring (sb), provide▪The party claims it can bring freedom and democracy to the country.
▪ guarantee▪The constitution guarantees freedom of the press.
▪ deny sb▪He was denied freedom of movement for a month.
▪ curtail, inhibit, limit, reduce, restrict, threaten▪I don't want to curtail my daughter's freedom.
▪Our freedom was threatened by press censorship.
▪ take, take away▪ violatePREPOSITION▪ freedom from▪freedom from fear and pain
▪ freedom in▪Managers have considerable freedom in running their offices.
▪ freedom of▪to allow greater freedom of information
PHRASES▪ freedom of choice▪ freedom of expression, freedom of speech▪ freedom of movement▪ freedom of the press
Collocations dictionary. 2013.
