No. 2,389 in Russian
освободить
"Освободить" means "to free" or "to liberate."
In a sentence
Нам нужно освободить комнату для гостей.
We need to free up the room for guests.
In this sentence, 'освободить' is used to mean 'free up' or 'make available' by vacating the space.
Полиция освободила заложников.
The police freed the hostages.
Here, 'освободить' means 'to set free' or 'liberate' someone from captivity.
Пожалуйста, освободите место на полке.
Please free up some space on the shelf.
In this example, 'освободить' is used to ask someone to 'make space available' by removing items.
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