transcription, транскрипция: [ lɪbərəl ]
( liberals)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Someone who has liberal views believes people should have a lot of freedom in deciding how to behave and think.
She is known to have liberal views on divorce and contraception.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
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Liberal is also a noun.
...a nation of free-thinking liberals.
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2.
A liberal system allows people or organizations a lot of political or economic freedom.
...a liberal democracy with a multiparty political system...
They favour liberal free-market policies.
ADJ : usu ADJ n
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Liberal is also a noun.
These kinds of price controls go against all the financial principles of the free market liberals.
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3.
A Liberal politician or voter is a member of a Liberal Party or votes for a Liberal Party.
The Liberal leader has announced his party’s withdrawal from the ruling coalition.
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Liberal is also a noun.
The Liberals hold twenty-three seats in parliament.
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4.
Liberal means giving, using, or taking a lot of something, or existing in large quantities.
As always he is liberal with his jokes...
She made liberal use of her elder sister’s make-up and clothes.
ADJ : oft ADJ with n
• lib‧er‧al‧ly
Chemical products were used liberally over agricultural land.
ADV : ADV with v