volunteer
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntarius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary + -eer.
Pronunciation[edit]
- (General American) IPA(key): /vɑl.ənˈtɪɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vɒl.ənˈtɪə/
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Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -ɪə(ɹ)
- Hyphenation: vol‧un‧teer
Noun[edit]
volunteer (plural volunteers)
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
- (military) One who enters into military service voluntarily, but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers; -- opposed to conscript; specifically, a voluntary member of the organized militia of a country as distinguished from the standing army.
- (law) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
- (botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
- A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.
Related terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
one who voluntarily offers himself/herself for service
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voluntary soldier
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one who acts without legal obligation
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volunteer plant
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Verb[edit]
volunteer (third-person singular simple present volunteers, present participle volunteering, simple past and past participle volunteered)
- (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
- (transitive, intransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
- to volunteer for doing the dishes
- (transitive) To offer.
- to volunteer an explanation
- (intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
- (transitive, informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
- My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.
Translations[edit]
to enlist oneself as a volunteer
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to do or offer to do something voluntarily
References[edit]
- volunteer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
