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Meaning of 'volunteer' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Volunteer [ a.]
- One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will.
- 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.
- 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.
- Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice.
2 . Volunteer [ v. i.]
- To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking.
3 . Volunteer [ v. t.]
- To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.

Meaning of 'volunteer' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . volunteer [ v]
Meaning (1):
- tell voluntarily
Example in sentence:
  • He volunteered the information
Meaning (2):
- agree freely
Example in sentence:
  • I offered to help with the dishes but the hostess would not hear of it;
  • She volunteered to drive the old lady home
3 . volunteer [ s]
Meaning (3):
- without payment
Example in sentence:
  • a volunteer fire department;
  • the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers

Nearby Words:

vol-au-vent volacious volador volage volant volante volapuk volapukist volar volary

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