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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.

[Latin līberāre, līberāt-, from līber, free; see leudh- in Indo-European roots.]

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.

liberate

Past participle: liberated
Gerund: liberating

Imperative
liberate
liberate

Present
I liberate
you liberate
he/she/it liberates
we liberate
you liberate
they liberate

Preterite
I liberated
you liberated
he/she/it liberated
we liberated
you liberated
they liberated

Present Continuous
I am liberating
you are liberating
he/she/it is liberating
we are liberating
you are liberating
they are liberating

Present Perfect
I have liberated
you have liberated
he/she/it has liberated
we have liberated
you have liberated
they have liberated

Past Continuous
I was liberating
you were liberating
he/she/it was liberating
we were liberating
you were liberating
they were liberating

Past Perfect
I had liberated
you had liberated
he/she/it had liberated
we had liberated
you had liberated
they had liberated

Future
I will liberate
you will liberate
he/she/it will liberate
we will liberate
you will liberate
they will liberate

Future Perfect
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
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
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
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
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
I would liberate
you would liberate
he/she/it would liberate
we would liberate
you would liberate
they would liberate

Past Conditional
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 emancipate 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.	liberate - grant freedom to; free from confinement free, loose, unloose, unloosen, release 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" set free discharge, free - free from obligations or duties 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 release, free 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"

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

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liberate

verb

To set at liberty:

discharge, emancipate, free, loose, manumit, release.

Slang: spring.

Idiom: let loose.

Translations

يُحَرِّر

osvobodit

befri

befreien freilassen

ελευθερώνω

liberar poner en libertad

libérer réformer délivrer

felszabadít

frelsa

essere libero liberare liberatore liberatrice liberazione

išsivadavimasišvadavimasišvaduotojas

atbrīvot

osvoboditi

serbest bırakmak

解放释放

liberate

[ˈlɪbəreɪt] VT (= free) → liberar, libertar (from de) [+ prisoner, slave] → poner en libertad; [+ gas etc] → dejar escapar

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liberate

[ˈlɪbəreɪt] vt

[+ city, country] → libérer

[+ hostage, prisoner] → libérer

[+ disadvantaged group] → libérer
to liberate sb from sth → libérer qn de qch

liberate

(= free) prisoner, country, city → befreien; to liberate somebody from something → jdn von etw befreien

gas etc → freisetzen

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liberate

[ˈlɪbəˌreɪt] vt → liberare
a liberated woman → una donna emancipata

liberate

(ˈlibəreit) verb

to set free. The prisoners were liberated by the new government.

libeˈration noun

ˈliberator noun

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