Mp3 Definition| 1. | the file extension for MPEG Audio Layer-3, a set of standards for compressing and downloading audio files from the Internet. |
| 2. | a file compressed in this format. Compare MPEG. |
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Music Definition–noun | 1. | an art of sound in time that expresses ideas and emotions in significant forms through the elements of rhythm, melody, harmony, and color. |
| 2. | the tones or sounds employed, occurring in single line (melody) or multiple lines (harmony), and sounded or to be sounded by one or more voices or instruments, or both. |
| 3. | musical work or compositions for singing or playing. |
| 4. | the written or printed score of a musical composition. |
| 5. | such scores collectively. |
| 6. | any sweet, pleasing, or harmonious sounds or sound: the music of the waves. |
| 7. | appreciation of or responsiveness to musical sounds or harmonies: Music was in his very soul. |
| 8. | Fox Hunting. the cry of the hounds. |
—Idiom| 9. | face the music, to meet, take, or accept the consequences of one's mistakes, actions, etc.: He's squandered his money and now he's got to face the music. |
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Download Definition–verb (used with object) Computers. | to transfer (software, data, character sets, etc.) from a distant to a nearby computer, from a larger to a smaller computer, or from a computer to a peripheral device. |
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Free Definition–adjective | 1. | enjoying personal rights or liberty, as a person who is not in slavery: a land of free people. |
| 2. | pertaining to or reserved for those who enjoy personal liberty: They were thankful to be living on free soil. |
| 3. | existing under, characterized by, or possessing civil and political liberties that are, as a rule, constitutionally guaranteed by representative government: the free nations of the world. |
| 4. | enjoying political autonomy, as a people or country not under foreign rule; independent. |
| 5. | exempt from external authority, interference, restriction, etc., as a person or one's will, thought, choice, action, etc.; independent; unrestricted. |
| 6. | able to do something at will; at liberty: free to choose. |
| 7. | clear of obstructions or obstacles, as a road or corridor: The highway is now free of fallen rock. |
| 8. | not occupied or in use: I'll try to phone her again if the line is free. |
| 9. | exempt or released from something specified that controls, restrains, burdens, etc. (usually fol. by from or of): free from worry; free of taxes. |
| 10. | having immunity or being safe (usually fol. by from): free from danger. |
| 11. | provided without, or not subject to, a charge or payment: free parking; a free sample. |
| 12. | given without consideration of a return or reward: a free offer of legal advice. |
| 13. | unimpeded, as motion or movement; easy, firm, or swift. |
| 14. | not held fast; loose; unattached: to get one's arm free. |
| 15. | not joined to or in contact with something else: The free end of the cantilever sagged. |
| 16. | acting without self
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| 17. | ready or generous in giving; liberal; lavish: to be free with one's advice. |
| 18. | given readily or in profusion; unstinted. |
| 19. | frank and open; unconstrained, unceremonious, or familiar. |
| 20. | unrestrained by decency; loose or licentious: free behavior. |
| 21. | not subject to special regulations, restrictions, duties, etc.: The ship was given free passage. |
| 22. | of, pertaining to, or characterized by free enterprise: a free economy. |
| 23. | that may be used by or is open to all: a free market. |
| 24. | engaged in by all present; general: a free fight. |
| 25. | not literal, as a translation, adaptation, or the like; loose. |
| 26. | uncombined chemically: free oxygen. |
| 27. | traveling without power; under no force except that of gravity or inertia: free flight. |
| 28. | Phonetics. (of a vowel) situated in an open syllable (opposed to checked). |
| 29. | at liberty to enter and enjoy at will (usually fol. by of): to be free of a friend's house. |
| 30. | not subject to rules, set forms, etc.: The young students had an hour of free play between classes. |
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| 32. | Mathematics. (of a vector) having specified magnitude and direction but no specified initial point. Compare bound1 (def. 9). |
| 33. | Also, large. Nautical. (of a wind) nearly on the quarter, so that a sailing vessel may sail free. |
| 34. | not containing a specified substance (often used in combination): a sugar-free soft drink. |
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| 36. | without cost, payment, or charge. |
–adverb | 37. | in a free manner; freely. |
| 38. | Nautical. away from the wind, so that a sailing vessel need not be close-hauled: running free. |
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| 39. | to make free; set at liberty; release from bondage, imprisonment, or restraint. |
| 40. | to exempt or deliver (usually fol. by from). |
| 41. | to relieve or rid (usually fol. by of): to free oneself of responsibility. |
| 42. | to disengage; clear (usually fol. by from or of). |
—Verb phrase| 43. | free up, | a. | to release, as from restrictions: Congress voted to free up funds for the new highway system. |
| b. | to disentangle: It took an hour to free up the traffic jam. |
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—Idioms| 44. | for free, Informal. without charge: The tailor mended my jacket for free. |
| 45. | free and clear, Law. without any encumbrance, as a lien or mortgage: They owned their house free and clear. |
| 46. | free and easy, | a. | unrestrained; casual; informal. |
| b. | excessively or inappropriately casual; presumptuous. |
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| 47. | make free with, | a. | to use as one's own; help oneself to: If you make free with their liquor, you won't be invited again. |
| b. | to treat with too much familiarity; take liberties with. |
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| 48. | set free, to release; liberate; free: The prisoners were set free. |
| 49. | with a free hand, generously; freely; openhandedly: He entertains visitors with a free hand. |
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