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freelance
What does freelance mean?
freelance (adjective): working for yourself.
Definition: Princeton WordNet 3.1.
How do you pronounce freelance?
/ˈfɹiˌlæns/ (IPA, American English). The app reads every word aloud.
Where does freelance come from?
From free + lance.
Etymology: Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
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What does “freelance” mean?
outside of something
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of great size, large
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having no deviations
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working for yourself
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