free-form
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5.3
- noun
- /friː fɔːrm/
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composición libre
- The performers engaged in a free-form dance that allowed them to interpret the music in their own unique ways.
- free-form tart
- free-form loaf
- free-form shape
We had talked about would be let's just have a little free form now.
- We had talked about would be let's just have a little free form now.
Examples
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The interviews were conducted in a free-form fashion with a list of open-ended questions.
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A free-form response indicating what students found easy and/or difficult generated evidence about the level of interest and engagement as well as what students were learning.
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But a lot of that was free form like writing in the studio.
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Music is a free-form art!
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What was the process of editing such a free-form show like?
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This generation, more than any before it, has favored more free-form work arrangements, like telecommuting.
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Each Sunday, the show is followed by a free hootenanny in the lobby where show attendees and the public are invited to join the actors for a free-form musical celebration.
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Designed and pulled together by New York University students, the Nerdy Derby is a free-form miniature car building and racing competition that rewards creativity, cleverness, and ingenuity.
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Close readings, although they followed certain categories of investigation and had favorite avenues into a text—imagery and irony, above all—were free-form affairs and very personal.
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The artist created a beautiful free-form sculpture that defied traditional shapes and structures.
Antonyms
How Structured
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
As a noun, free-form also joins free ('not fixed') and form ('shape' or 'structure') to name a work or performance with no set plan. That is why a free-form can surprise the audience with new ideas and personal expression.