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FREESTANDING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does freestanding mean?
• FREESTANDING (adjective)
The adjective FREESTANDING has 1 sense:
1. standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Familiarity information: FREESTANDING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Standing apart; not attached to or supported by anything
Synonyms:
freestanding; separate
Context example:
a house with a separate garage
Similar:
detached (used of buildings; standing apart from others)
Context examples
A program that provides special care for people who are near the end of life and for their families, either at home, in freestanding facilities, or within hospitals.
(Hospice, NCI Dictionary)
The patient died while in a medical center such as a hospital, skilled nursing facility (SNF), intermediate care facility (ICF), or a freestanding hospice center.
(Died in a Medical Facility, NCI Thesaurus/ACC)
Comprised of 80 of the leading academic and freestanding cancer research centers in the United States.
(Association of American Cancer Institutes, NCI Thesaurus)
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