Definitions for volunteer
ˌvɒl ənˈtɪərvol·un·teer

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:4.0 / 2 votes

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

WiktionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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

WikipediaRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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 TermsRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.

Matched Categories

1. • Act
   • Inform
   • Work

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

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

How to pronounce volunteer?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

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   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

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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. Charles Morgan:

   We've had a lot of people who, as they got older, came back to volunteer to help out, come back and brought their children in.

2. Jake Prus:

   I was glad, when I initially signed up, I wanted to be one of the guys that donated. Coach Andy Talley has us all volunteer to do it every year. My job last year was actually convincing the people who were n’t sure about doing it to do it. In a way, I convinced Jake Prus to do it while I was doing it all.

3. Wagner Said:

   It might be they're going to help make cookies, help get gifts ready from Santa for younger siblings, do some volunteer work, whatever it is, think about, if we're giving up one (tradition), how do we get others going that foster the same feeling?

4. Gail Ernst:

   I have always been a strong proponent of working for those survivors of sexual assault and domestic violence. I had even spent time in college, you know, prior to this incident, working with those survivors as a volunteer at the assault care center.

5. Colleen Kraft:

   We have pediatricians who would volunteer to go to the border tomorrow and work with these children and advise medical personnel and train them, that's still our ask, but it's gotten nowhere.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=volunteer
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Volunteer
3. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volunteer
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/volunteer
6. ^ Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
   https://www.gutenberg.org/files/37683/37683-h/37683-h.htm#:~:text=volunteer
7. ^ Dictionary of Nautical Terms
   https://www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/26000/pg26000-images.html#:~:text=volunteer