free-form
- adjective
- /friː fɔːrm/
- In her poetry class, she enjoyed writing in a free-form style that allowed for more creative expression.
- free-form discussion
Yeah, in a much more sort of free form way.
- Yeah, in a much more sort of free form way.
- Like the veil of what I'm allowed to say is much different because you live in that space of free form entertainment and no holds bars.
- We take questions from the listeners and the idea is just to be a little bit more contemporaneous and free form with this show.
- The whole reason no taking is powerful is that it's messy, it's spontaneous, it is chaotic, it doesn't follow it's free form, right.
- So both of these households were very free form, innovative new households, same sex couples adopting children.
- But if you're the kind of person that hates handwriting and you want a free form thing, then day one is very good.
- You're UN basically, there's no data involved, there's no reference set, there's no evidence, just your free free form freestyle opinion.
- And so, and they'll create like these really free form, like really open, They look, they almost look like you just took a picture out of the garden.
Examples
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The art exhibit featured a free-form installation that encouraged visitors to interact with the space.
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One of the things I like is you can also ask free form questions.
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Otherwise it's it's a free form sort of improvisational talk.
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The show is going to be very free-form.
Fiction book (2000) -
Remember: this is a free-form session where ideas can bounce around and different people can take the lead.
Blog text (8) -
We take questions from the listeners and the idea is just to be a little bit more contemporaneous and free form with this show.
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Participants question each other for clarification of their positions, after which a free-form discussion takes place.
Academic text (1996) -
Holy Motors uses the way the human mind, when it's dreaming, can match up images, sounds, and ideas in this very free-form way, but still seem to say something profound about who we are.
Blog text (20) -
My goal for the blog is to be conversational and anecdotal, a more relaxed and free-form take on high school athletics than you see in regular game day coverage.
Blog text (8) -
The conference included a free-form discussion, allowing participants to explore topics without a strict agenda.
Synonyms
Made or done without planning, using what is on hand
Relaxed and friendly without following strict rules
Not organized and having no clear order or pattern
Antonyms
How Structured
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Free-form combines the simple words free ('not fixed') and form ('shape' or 'structure'). So a free-form activity is made without set rules or a strict shape, letting people create and express themselves.