Volunteer definition
To perform or offer to perform a service of one's own free will.
verb
A person who chooses freely to enter naval or military service, without being compelled to do so by law.
noun
Being, consisting of, or done by volunteers.
Volunteer firefighters; volunteer tutoring.
adjective
Composed of volunteers, as an army.
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Serving as a volunteer, usually without compensation.
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(bot.) Growing from seed that has fallen naturally to the ground, not planted by a person.
adjective
A person who performs or offers to perform a service voluntarily.
An information booth staffed by volunteers; hospital volunteers.
noun
A person who chooses freely to do or offer to do something.
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(bot.) A volunteer plant.
noun
Of a volunteer or volunteers.
adjective
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To freely choose to enter or offer to enter into any service; enlist.
verb
To freely choose to offer or give without being asked or obliged.
verb
To give or offer to give voluntarily.
Volunteered their services; volunteer to give blood.
verb
To choose to enter military service of one's own free will.
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To do charitable or helpful work without pay.
Many retirees volunteer in community service and day care centers.
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A person who chooses to enter a branch of the military without being drafted or forced to do so by law.
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(law) A person who works without pay or assumes an obligation to which he or she is not a party or otherwise interested.
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(botany) A cultivated plant growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed.
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(botany) Growing from self-sown or accidentally dropped seed. Used of a cultivated plant or crop.
adjective
(informal) To compel (someone) to do something.
We were volunteered to do the dishes.
verb
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To volunteer is defined as to give without being asked and without being paid.
When you go work in a soup kitchen for free, this is an example of a situation where you volunteer.
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The definition of a volunteer is a person who donates his time or efforts for a cause or organization without being paid.
A person who works in a soup kitchen for free is an example of a volunteer.
noun
A person who chooses freely to enter into a transaction with no promise of compensation.
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A person to whom property is transferred without valuable consideration.
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One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
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(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.
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(law) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
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(botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
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(intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
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(intransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.
To volunteer for doing the dishes.
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(intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
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(informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.
My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.
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Other Word Forms
Noun
Singular:
volunteer
Plural:
volunteers