volunteer
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2.2
- noun
- /ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr/
:
voluntario
- She decided to become a volunteer at the local shelter to help those in need.
- staff and volunteers
- parent volunteers
- student volunteers
So he was pretty much a volunteer NCIS agent.
- So he was pretty much a volunteer NCIS agent.
- They work as volunteers to solve the problem.
- Well, foreign volunteers in war are nothing new.
- He's like an assistant volunteer, expendable coach on the team.
- And we have volunteers that come to help weed once a week.
- And for this part, I'm going to need a volunteer who has a good singing voice.
- There was the case involving Fang Fang, who was a volunteer to his campaigns.
- I witnessed the those reserve, those volunteers Chetniks did to the cross.
Examples
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I was a volunteer!
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These are all volunteer translators who are unpaid.
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We told him we had a volunteer willing to take his place.
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I want to see young men doing volunteer work both in Britain and abroad.
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The program does not require that the volunteers have specific educational degrees.
Academic text (2011) -
He himself was a volunteer in various projects.
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Most of this work has been done by volunteers and organizing Telegram groups.
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For example, when students were struggling in Spanish, the agency found a volunteer fluent in Spanish.
Academic text (2011) -
We just didn't have enough volunteers working at the polls in our local elections.
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Any volunteers?
Synonyms
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3.3
A person who does work for a group without getting money
Antonyms
Compounds
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3.5
A person who chooses to join the armed forces instead of being forced to serve
- Offensive
A violent armed group in Northern Ireland formed in 1996 that was against the peace process
A nickname for the state of Tennessee because its people often volunteer for military service
How Willing
710
2.2
295
2.4
Surface Forms
Etymology
Volunteer comes from an old Latin root volunt- meaning 'will' or 'wish', the same root as voluntary. So a volunteer is a person who acts by their own will and offers to help without being paid or forced.