What does VOLUNTEER mean?

Definitions for VOLUNTEER
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. volunteer, military volunteer, voluntarynoun

    (military) a person who freely enlists for service

  2. volunteer, unpaid workernoun

    a person who performs voluntary work

  3. Tennessean, Volunteeradjective

    a native or resident of Tennessee

  4. unpaid, volunteer(a)verb

    without payment

    "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"

  5. volunteerverb

    tell voluntarily

    "He volunteered the information"

  6. volunteer, offerverb

    agree freely

    "She volunteered to drive the old lady home"; "I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it"

  7. volunteerverb

    do volunteer work

Wiktionary

  1. volunteernoun

    One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.

  2. volunteernoun

    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.

  3. volunteernoun

    A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.

  4. volunteernoun

    A plant that grows in disturbed soil.

  5. volunteernoun

    A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

  6. volunteerverb

    To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

  7. volunteerverb

    To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

  8. volunteerverb

    To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

  9. Etymology: From voluntaire, from voluntarius

Wikipedia

  1. volunteer

    Volunteering is a voluntary act of an individual or group freely giving time and labor for community service. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.

ChatGPT

  1. volunteer

    A volunteer is an individual who willingly offers to provide a service or undertake a task without receiving any form of payment. This might include helping in a local community initiative, participating in a charity, or assisting in an organization. The tasks can vary greatly and often depend on the individual's skills, talents, and interests.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Volunteeradjective

    one who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will

  2. Volunteeradjective

    one who enters into 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

  3. Volunteeradjective

    a grantee in a voluntary conveyance; one to whom a conveyance is made without valuable consideration; a party, other than a wife or child of the grantor, to whom, or for whose benefit, a voluntary conveyance is made

  4. Volunteeradjective

    of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice

  5. Volunteerverb

    to offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services

  6. Volunteerverb

    to enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking

  7. Etymology: [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Volunteer

    vol-un-tēr′, n. one who enters any service, esp. military, voluntarily or of his own free choice: a soldier belonging to any body other than the regular army.—adj. entering into service voluntarily.—v.t. to offer voluntarily.—v.i. to enter into any service of one's own free-will or without being asked. [Fr. volontaire—L. voluntarius.]

Dictionary of Nautical Terms

  1. volunteer

    One who freely offers himself for a particular service. Formerly, in the army, a gentleman who, without any certain post or employment, served in the hope of earning preferment, or from patriotism. Latterly, also a civilian who has enrolled himself in a corps of volunteers, for organization and training for the defence of the country.

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British National Corpus

  1. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'VOLUNTEER' in Nouns Frequency: #1577

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of VOLUNTEER in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of VOLUNTEER in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of VOLUNTEER in a Sentence

  1. Kristian Ramos:

    Bernie has tremendous volunteer investments in Nevada.

  2. Robert Karalis:

    We started the island race trend and we're proud of the growth. We have the synergy between the public and private sector and locals to make the Spetses event bigger and better each year. numbers will come. We think success comes from putting it together. In the end, we connect the small island communities to a new concept of tourism in Greece. They love to participate, volunteer and cheer on the runners. It's a very local experience and a different feeling from the city races.

  3. Adam Schiff:

    I'm hoping that these witnesses will choose to cooperate, will volunteer. But I have to say I am deeply worried now that the president, on the eve of our hearing or during our hearing, was threatening these witnesses.

  4. Earl Granville:

    An organization called Homes For Our Troopshelped build my house, they had a big volunteer day and the whole community came in to help build the house.

  5. Christopher Suprun:

    That story exhibits a reckless disregard for the truth. I never claimed to be a first responder on 9-11 with the Manassas Park Fire Dept. I was a volunteer firefighter at the time for the Dale City Fire Dept. when I responded to the attacks at the Pentagon.

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