CEFR B2

free-living

adjective

Meaning

free-living means (of an organism) That lives independently of other organisms rather than part of a symbiotic or parasitic relationship. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

The writer described the response as free-living.
A free-living tone can change the mood of a conversation.

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free-living (B2)

adjective

Definition

Examples

The writer described the response as free-living.
A free-living tone can change the mood of a conversation.
The situation became free-living after the announcement.

How to Use free-living

free-living + noun (collocation): Use free-living before a noun to describe that quality. — "The writer described a free-living reaction."
become free-living (collocation): Use after become, seem, or be for a state or quality. — "The discussion became free-living near the end."

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