(~s)
Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.
1.
Someone who has ~ views believes people should have a lot of freedom in deciding how to behave and think.
She is known to have ~ views on divorce and contraception.
ADJ: usu ADJ n
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Liberal is also a noun.
...a nation of free-thinking ~s.
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2.
A ~ system allows people or organizations a lot of political or economic freedom.
...a ~ democracy with a multiparty political system...
They favour ~ 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 ~s.
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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.
ADJ: ADJ n
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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 ~ with his jokes...
She made ~ use of her elder sister’s make-up and clothes.
ADJ: oft ADJ with n
~ly
Chemical products were used ~ly over agricultural land.
ADV: ADV with v