Gratis Meaning
/ˈɡɹɑː.tɪs/Definition, CEFR level C1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFree: without charge.
advIn a free way: without charge.
Sentence Examples
"It's free." "Libre or gratis?"
Libre and gratis are two different things.
It would be ideal if the WiFi were gratis.
Synonyms & Antonyms
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum offered entry ____ to visitors on the first Sunday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum offers ____ admission to all local students on the first Sunday of every single month.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *gʷerH- Proto-Indo-European *-tós Proto-Indo-European *gʷr̥Htós Proto-Italic *gʷrātos Latin grātus Proto-Indo-European *-yós Proto-Italic *-ios Old Latin -ios Latin -ius Latin -ia Latin grātiīs Latin gratisbor. English gratis Borrowed from Latin gratis.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Really syncophant^([sic]) stuff, but it may help. It's gratis in any case."
— 2010 September 27, Ann Charters, Samuel Charters, quoting John Clellon Holmes, Brother-Souls: John Clellon Holmes, Jack Kerouac, and the Beat Generation, →ISBN, page 162:
"I know not how they sold themselves: but thou, like a kind fellow, gavest thyself away gratis; and I thank thee for thee."
— c. 1596–1599 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Second Part of Henry the Fourth, […]. Epilogue.”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act IV, scene iii]:
"Reaſon, you roague, reaſon: thinkſt thou Ile endanger my soule, gratis?"
— c. 1597 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merry Wiues of Windsor”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act I, scene ii], page 45:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The museum offered entry ____ to visitors on the first Sunday.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
The museum offers ____ admission to all local students on the first Sunday of every single month.