1
: having or being an irregular or asymmetrical shape or design
free-form furniture
2
: free sense 12b
free-form dancing

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His compositions glided from exceptionally intricate arrangements to free-form flights of fancy and back again with remarkable grace, fluidity and pinpoint dynamic precision. George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Sep. 2025 Whereas Slack supports more free-form communication and allows anyone to join channels across a workspace, Teams organizes employees into separate groups with dedicated channels. John Brandon, PC Magazine, 9 Sep. 2025 The Electrifying Mojo quietly premieres on late-night radio (April 1, 1977) With an open-minded musical mindset and free-form approach, the DJ born Charles Johnson lit up Detroit’s airwaves first at WGPR-FM and later WJLB-FM. Brian McCollum, Freep.com, 5 Sep. 2025 Not in the dystopian sense of reading free-form imagination or dreams, that’s still beyond current science. Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for free-form

Word History

First Known Use

1942, in the meaning defined at sense 1

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The first known use of free-form was in 1942

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“Free-form.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/free-form. Accessed 26 Oct. 2025.

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