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Definition of freelance in English: freelanceadjective ˈfriːlɑːnsˈfriˌlæns Self-employed and hired to work for different companies on particular assignments. Example sentencesExamples - And I picked up two freelance writing assignments along the way.
- He returned to his apartment in Atlanta, where he worked as a freelance technology consultant.
- I'm a freelance photographer on assignment, or at least I was…
- The division employs just seven people, relying on freelance editors, designers and publicists.
- The 23-year-old freelance journalist refused to go into detail about his brief but traumatic ordeal as a hostage.
- A less well publicised role of some public relations companies is to hire freelance journalists to cover events such as major conferences with news stories to be placed in medical publications.
- It was a freelance assignment I just couldn't refuse.
- Two weeks before graduation, Heck got his first freelance assignment illustrating children's books.
- He found work as a freelance consultant for engineering companies and soon discovered he had a knack for it.
- I was a freelance journalist before I enlisted in the Australian Army in 1995 and eventually became an infantryman with two tours of duty to East Timor under my belt.
- After spending much of the Depression as a freelance journalist touring shanty towns, Fuller began scriptwriting in Hollywood and publishing pulp novels.
- So, with the turn of the new millennium, and her two boys planning to head off to university, she quit her job and set herself up as a freelance HR consultant.
- He worked as a freelance journalist in 1983 and 1984.
- She is a freelance filmmaker, television journalist, writer and activist based in Kolkata.
- Instead, he wrote several books about race relations and education, and became a freelance journalist.
- Later, she moved to London where she worked as a freelance journalist for various newspapers and magazines, as well as TV.
- After his retirement from Independent Newspapers in the late 1980s, he continued to work as a freelance journalist.
- He is also a freelance journalist and an adjunct English professor.
- The Defense Department has hired more than 50 freelance writers for the sites.
- As a freelance writer hired to cover riots in Harlem, he took the events as the background for the novel's climax.
Synonyms hired, paid, bought, professional, venal, hireling
adverb ˈfriːlɑːnsˈfriˌlæns Earning one's living as a freelance. I work freelance from home Example sentencesExamples - He was promoted to a solo artist before he left the company to work freelance both as a dancer and choreographer.
- He was promoted to deputy private secretary the following year, earning an annual salary of £180,000 until he went freelance last year.
- A greater proportion of women in the study were found to be working freelance compared to men.
noun ˈfriːlɑːnsˈfriˌlæns 1A freelance worker. Example sentencesExamples - This funding will help new, small and expanding companies; support freelances and help attract companies to expand or relocate to the region as well as promoting international film production here.
- Publishers can shave costs by dumping their full-time employees and using freelances as and when.
- She is set to edit The Big Issue in Scotland, where she worked several years ago as a freelance.
- Most of its contributors are freelances, like Mr Scott.
- She accepts that her BBC persona helped clinch the column, but points out that she was a newspaper freelance long before becoming a TV reporter.
- Our staff and freelances are simply not allowed to go to war zones unless they have been trained.
- The paper has two full-time journalists and a stable of 20 freelances, with about ten freelance photographers.
- It will be available to companies and freelances who already use computers but want to develop their skills.
- In addition to uniting the cream of the county's photographic excellence, the freelances will also benefit by having a shop window for their high-quality images.
- He worked as a freelance in Pakistan and published a magazine about crime.
- Over two-fifths of freelances have worked in more than one sector of the industry.
- He spotted a gap in the market when working as a freelance in York for Radio 4 and Radio 5.
- As a lonely freelance you do, of course, have the benefit of bypassing social activities with colleagues - basically because you don't have any.
- This is a major question for freelances and for staff members who increasingly see their material being reused either in information databanks or in other on-line and CD-Rom formats.
- Yes, it was a withdrawal of their labour, but since most jockeys are freelances and self - employed, or have a contract to ride for one principal trainer, they can often pick and choose where they want to race.
- He turned to racecourse commentary and worked as a freelance for both ITV and the BBC.
- Casual staff, agency workers, freelances and home workers were among those considered only to have ‘worker’ status rather than the more formal ‘employee’ status.
- She began her journalist career as a reporter on the Sheffield Star and went on to work as a freelance on the Daily Mail.
- Without having their flights and accommodation paid for, freelances would find it hard to attend major international medical conferences and meetings.
- He resolves to become a freelance and solo operator.
Synonyms writer, feature writer, columnist, correspondent, reporter, journalist, penman 2historical A medieval mercenary. Example sentencesExamples - The initial incursions into Ireland had been by marcher knights and other freelances from south Wales hired by Diarmait MacMurchadha, the King of Leinster.
Synonyms soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling
verb ˈfriːlɑːnsˈfriˌlæns [no object]Earn one's living as a freelance. he freelanced for the BBC and regional companies Example sentencesExamples - That lasted for two years before Miriam went freelancing for the Irish Press and Evening Press.
- When I started freelancing, the hardest thing to do was figuring out how much to charge.
- She has freelanced for The New York Times, Newyorkmetro.com and Legal Affairs, among other publications.
- I started freelancing because I was laid off.
- The writer is in her late twenties and has taken up freelancing as a career.
- He has also previously covered sports at the Tagesspiegel and freelanced for other Berlin newspapers.
- That's the nice thing about freelancing, I never know what I'm going to be doing from one day to the next.
- He had a literary bent like a few of us in this family and was getting his start as a reporter, freelancing for small newspapers, when the war came along and he enlisted.
- Of course, when freelancing, sometimes you have to stick your neck out a bit, and take a chance.
- Prior to joining the Echo she freelanced for the Irish Examiner, Irish News and Carrigdhoun Newspaper.
- After graduation, I took various video production classes, as well as freelanced as a scriptwriter and technical director for non-profit organizations.
- I stayed with journalism as a career because I started to earn my way through college by freelancing for newspapers and magazines.
- She has also freelanced extensively and is a published photographer.
- I just learned how to do stuff through freelancing; my boss is a friend of my uncle's, so I asked for a job there.
- For more information, advice, and support, contact one of the two professional freelancing organizations.
- But even if your skills and experience are suitable for freelancing, it may not be right for you.
- While at Yale he freelanced for the Albuquerque Tribune and wrote for the Yale Daily News.
- People who have never freelanced tend to really glamorize it and can't imagine why you'd give it up.
- After having a few questions answered and reading a little into freelancing to get an insight of what kind of business it is and what it can do for me, I think I'm all set and ready to go.
- The rest of my income is earned by scraping together what I can from freelancing and speaking.
Origin Early 19th century (denoting a mercenary): originally as two words. Definition of freelance in US English: freelanceadjectiveˈfriˌlænsˈfrēˌlans Working for different companies at different times rather than being permanently employed by one company. Example sentencesExamples - A less well publicised role of some public relations companies is to hire freelance journalists to cover events such as major conferences with news stories to be placed in medical publications.
- Two weeks before graduation, Heck got his first freelance assignment illustrating children's books.
- He worked as a freelance journalist in 1983 and 1984.
- I was a freelance journalist before I enlisted in the Australian Army in 1995 and eventually became an infantryman with two tours of duty to East Timor under my belt.
- The 23-year-old freelance journalist refused to go into detail about his brief but traumatic ordeal as a hostage.
- Instead, he wrote several books about race relations and education, and became a freelance journalist.
- And I picked up two freelance writing assignments along the way.
- After his retirement from Independent Newspapers in the late 1980s, he continued to work as a freelance journalist.
- The Defense Department has hired more than 50 freelance writers for the sites.
- The division employs just seven people, relying on freelance editors, designers and publicists.
- She is a freelance filmmaker, television journalist, writer and activist based in Kolkata.
- Later, she moved to London where she worked as a freelance journalist for various newspapers and magazines, as well as TV.
- He returned to his apartment in Atlanta, where he worked as a freelance technology consultant.
- It was a freelance assignment I just couldn't refuse.
- I'm a freelance photographer on assignment, or at least I was…
- He is also a freelance journalist and an adjunct English professor.
- After spending much of the Depression as a freelance journalist touring shanty towns, Fuller began scriptwriting in Hollywood and publishing pulp novels.
- He found work as a freelance consultant for engineering companies and soon discovered he had a knack for it.
- As a freelance writer hired to cover riots in Harlem, he took the events as the background for the novel's climax.
- So, with the turn of the new millennium, and her two boys planning to head off to university, she quit her job and set herself up as a freelance HR consultant.
Synonyms hired, paid, bought, professional, venal, hireling
adverbˈfriˌlænsˈfrēˌlans Earning one's living as a freelance. I work freelance from home Example sentencesExamples - He was promoted to deputy private secretary the following year, earning an annual salary of £180,000 until he went freelance last year.
- He was promoted to a solo artist before he left the company to work freelance both as a dancer and choreographer.
- A greater proportion of women in the study were found to be working freelance compared to men.
nounˈfriˌlænsˈfrēˌlans 1A freelance worker. Example sentencesExamples - It will be available to companies and freelances who already use computers but want to develop their skills.
- Most of its contributors are freelances, like Mr Scott.
- As a lonely freelance you do, of course, have the benefit of bypassing social activities with colleagues - basically because you don't have any.
- He resolves to become a freelance and solo operator.
- She is set to edit The Big Issue in Scotland, where she worked several years ago as a freelance.
- This funding will help new, small and expanding companies; support freelances and help attract companies to expand or relocate to the region as well as promoting international film production here.
- This is a major question for freelances and for staff members who increasingly see their material being reused either in information databanks or in other on-line and CD-Rom formats.
- Our staff and freelances are simply not allowed to go to war zones unless they have been trained.
- He worked as a freelance in Pakistan and published a magazine about crime.
- Over two-fifths of freelances have worked in more than one sector of the industry.
- She began her journalist career as a reporter on the Sheffield Star and went on to work as a freelance on the Daily Mail.
- Without having their flights and accommodation paid for, freelances would find it hard to attend major international medical conferences and meetings.
- In addition to uniting the cream of the county's photographic excellence, the freelances will also benefit by having a shop window for their high-quality images.
- She accepts that her BBC persona helped clinch the column, but points out that she was a newspaper freelance long before becoming a TV reporter.
- The paper has two full-time journalists and a stable of 20 freelances, with about ten freelance photographers.
- He turned to racecourse commentary and worked as a freelance for both ITV and the BBC.
- Publishers can shave costs by dumping their full-time employees and using freelances as and when.
- He spotted a gap in the market when working as a freelance in York for Radio 4 and Radio 5.
- Casual staff, agency workers, freelances and home workers were among those considered only to have ‘worker’ status rather than the more formal ‘employee’ status.
- Yes, it was a withdrawal of their labour, but since most jockeys are freelances and self - employed, or have a contract to ride for one principal trainer, they can often pick and choose where they want to race.
Synonyms writer, feature writer, columnist, correspondent, reporter, journalist, penman 2historical A medieval mercenary. Example sentencesExamples - The initial incursions into Ireland had been by marcher knights and other freelances from south Wales hired by Diarmait MacMurchadha, the King of Leinster.
Synonyms soldier of fortune, professional soldier, hired soldier, hireling
verbˈfriˌlænsˈfrēˌlans [no object]Earn one's living as a freelance. Example sentencesExamples - He has also previously covered sports at the Tagesspiegel and freelanced for other Berlin newspapers.
- She has also freelanced extensively and is a published photographer.
- She has freelanced for The New York Times, Newyorkmetro.com and Legal Affairs, among other publications.
- Prior to joining the Echo she freelanced for the Irish Examiner, Irish News and Carrigdhoun Newspaper.
- After graduation, I took various video production classes, as well as freelanced as a scriptwriter and technical director for non-profit organizations.
- That's the nice thing about freelancing, I never know what I'm going to be doing from one day to the next.
- While at Yale he freelanced for the Albuquerque Tribune and wrote for the Yale Daily News.
- Of course, when freelancing, sometimes you have to stick your neck out a bit, and take a chance.
- After having a few questions answered and reading a little into freelancing to get an insight of what kind of business it is and what it can do for me, I think I'm all set and ready to go.
- That lasted for two years before Miriam went freelancing for the Irish Press and Evening Press.
- For more information, advice, and support, contact one of the two professional freelancing organizations.
- He had a literary bent like a few of us in this family and was getting his start as a reporter, freelancing for small newspapers, when the war came along and he enlisted.
- I stayed with journalism as a career because I started to earn my way through college by freelancing for newspapers and magazines.
- The rest of my income is earned by scraping together what I can from freelancing and speaking.
- The writer is in her late twenties and has taken up freelancing as a career.
- People who have never freelanced tend to really glamorize it and can't imagine why you'd give it up.
- I started freelancing because I was laid off.
- When I started freelancing, the hardest thing to do was figuring out how much to charge.
- I just learned how to do stuff through freelancing; my boss is a friend of my uncle's, so I asked for a job there.
- But even if your skills and experience are suitable for freelancing, it may not be right for you.
Origin Early 19th century (denoting a mercenary): originally as two words. |