Definitions of Voluntary [ˈvɒl ənˌtɛr i]

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Definition of 'Voluntary'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (adj.) voluntary
done, made, brought about, or undertaken of one's own accord or by free choice:
a voluntary contribution.

2.  voluntary
of, pertaining to, or acting in accord with the will.

3.  voluntary
of, pertaining to, or depending on voluntary action:
voluntary hospitals.

4.  voluntary
done by or composed of volunteers.

5.  voluntary
Law.

6.  voluntary
acting or done without compulsion or obligation.

7.  voluntary
done by intention, and not by accident:
voluntary manslaughter.

8.  voluntary
made without valuable consideration:
a voluntary settlement.

9.  voluntary
subject to or controlled by the will.

10.  voluntary
having the power of willing or choosing:
a voluntary agent.

11.  voluntary
proceeding from a natural impulse; spontaneous.

12. (n.) voluntary
someone or something voluntary.

13.  voluntary
a piece of music performed as a prelude to a larger work, esp. an organ piece performed before, during, or after a church service.

Etymology: (1825–35)

Definition of 'Voluntary'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary
(military) a person who freely enlists for service

2. (adj) voluntary
composition (often improvised) for a solo instrument (especially solo organ) and not a regular part of a religious service or musical performance

3. (adj) voluntary
of your own free will or design; done by choice; not forced or compelled
"man is a voluntary agent"; "participation was voluntary"; "voluntary manslaughter"; "voluntary generosity in times of disaster"; "voluntary social workers"; "a voluntary confession"

4. (adj) voluntary
controlled by individual volition
"voluntary motions"; "voluntary muscles"

Definition of 'Voluntary'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (adjective) voluntary
≠ obligatory, mandatory
voluntary contributions

2. voluntary
(of work) done without payment
voluntary work; He voluntarily answered the officer's questions.

Definition of 'Voluntary'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) Voluntary
one who engages in any affair of his own free will; a volunteer

2. (noun) Voluntary
a piece played by a musician, often extemporarily, according to his fancy; specifically, an organ solo played before, during, or after divine service

3. (noun) Voluntary
one who advocates voluntaryism

4. (verb) Voluntary
proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice

5. (verb) Voluntary
unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free

6. (verb) Voluntary
done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter

7. (verb) Voluntary
of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion

8. (verb) Voluntary
endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent

9. (verb) Voluntary
free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration

10. (verb) Voluntary
of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church

Translation of 'Voluntary'

Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary

Sense: done, given etc by choice, not by accident or because of being forced (often without pay) Their action was completely voluntary; – nobody asked them to do that.
Afrikaans: vrywillig	Arabic: طَوْعي	Bulgarian: доброволен
Brazilian: voluntário	Czech: dobrovolný	German: freiwillig
Danish: frivillig	Greek: εθελοντικός, εκούσιος, οι	Spanish: voluntario
Estonian: vabatahtlik	Farsi: اختیاری	Finnish: vapaaehtoinen
French: volontaire	Hebrew: מֵרַצוֹן	Hindi: अपनी ही इच्छा से किया हुआ
Croatian: dragovoljan	Hungarian: önkéntes	Indonesian: dengan sukarela
Icelandic: sjálfviljugur	Italian: volontario	Japanese: 自発的な
Korean: 자진하여 하는	Lithuanian: savanoriškas	Latvian: brīvprātīgs
Malay: sukarela	Dutch: vrijwillig	Norwegian: frivillig; forsettlig, ov
Polish: ochotniczy, spontaniczny	Portuguese: voluntário	Romanian: benevol
Russian: добровольный	Slovak: dobrovoľný	Slovenian: premišljen
Serbian: volonterski	Swedish: frivillig	Thai: โดยสมัครใจ
Turkish: gönüllü, istemli	Taiwanese: 自願的	Ukrainian: добровільний; добровольчи
Urdu: بالارادہ	Vietnamese: tự nguyện	Chinese: 自愿的
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