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FREE TIME

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does free time mean? 

FREE TIME (noun)
  The noun FREE TIME has 2 senses:

1. time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoyplay

2. time that is free from duties or responsibilitiesplay

  Familiarity information: FREE TIME used as a noun is rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


FREE TIME (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Time available for hobbies and other activities that you enjoy

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Synonyms:

free time; spare time

Hypernyms ("free time" is a kind of...):

time off (a time period when you are not required to work)


Sense 2

Meaning:

Time that is free from duties or responsibilities

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

free time; spare time

Hypernyms ("free time" is a kind of...):

leisure; leisure time (time available for ease and relaxation)


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