Volunteer

Definition: Volunteer

Volunteer

Adjective

1. Without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department".

Noun

1. A person who freely enlist for military service.

2. A person who performs voluntary work.

Verb

1. Tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information".

2. 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".

3. Do volunteer work.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Date "volunteer" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1380. (references)

Biology & Biotechnology

Transportation

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Synonyms: Volunteer

Offer

Offer oneself, present oneself; volunteer, come forward, be a candidate; stand for, bid for; seek; be at one's service; go a begging; bribe; (give).

Undertaking

Verb: undertake; engage in, embark in; launch into, plunge into; volunteer; apprentice oneself to; engage; (promise); contract; take upon oneself, take upon one's shoulders; devote oneself to; (determination).

Will

Verb: will, list; see fit, think fit; determine; (resolve); enjoin; settle; (choose); volunteer.

Willingness

Swallow the bait, nibble at the bait; gorge the hook; have no scruple of, make no scruple of; make no bones of; jump at, catch at; meet halfway; volunteer.

Labor of love; volunteer, volunteering.

Crosswords: Volunteer

I'd love to find time to do some volunteer work (Meet the Parents; writing credit: Greg Glienna; Mary Ruth Clarke)

I volunteer! (Futurama; writing credit: Lance Smith; Carl Colpaert)

There's nothing stronger than the heart of a volunteer. (Pearl Harbor; writing credit: Randall Wallace)

Would you like to volunteer for the Volunteers for San Marcos (Bananas; writing credit: Woody Allen; Mickey Rose)

Don't ever be the first, don't ever be the last, and don't ever volunteer to do anything. (references; author: unknown)

The Volunteer (1943)

A Gentle Volunteer (1916)

The Volunteer Parson (1914)

Volunteer Organist (1913)

A Volunteer Fire Company (1899)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

References

• Volunteer Bancorp, Inc.: International Competitive Benchmarks and Financial Gap Analysis (reference)

  (more reference examples)

Books

• American Volunteer Group Colours and Markings (Osprey Aircraft of the Aces No 41) (reference)

• Called to Serve: Creating and Nurturing the Effective Volunteer Board (reference)

• Help! I'm a Volunteer Youth Worker (reference)

• The Compleat Tennessee Angler: Everything You Need to Know About Fishing in the Volunteer State (reference)

• The Volunteer Recruitment (And Membership Development) Book (reference)

  (more book examples)

Periodicals

• Canadian Association Of Directors Of Volunteer Services In Healthcare Membership (reference)

• Leadership - The Magazine For Volunteer Association Leaders (reference)

• Tennessee Volunteer (reference)

• Volunteer : Ca (reference)

• Volunteer And Visitors Guide (reference)

  (more periodical examples)

Theater & Movies

• Volunteer Management: Attracting and Keeping the Best (reference)

  (more DVD examples; more video examples)

Music

• O'Connor: Fanfare for the Volunteer / O'Connor, Mercurio, London SO (reference)

• Volunteer (reference)

• Volunteer Jam, Vol. 7 [LIVE] (reference)

  (more classical music examples; more popular music examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

At Cockroach Bay Aquatic Reserve, a volunteer planting of 8,000 planting units of smooth cordgrass, Spartina alterniflora. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Volunteer team work, one student opens a hole to receive the plant and the other places a plant plug. Credit: NOAA Restoration Center.

Narragansett Bay National Estuarine Research Reserve A volunteer performing a Winkler titration to determine the amount of dissolved oxygen in the waters of the estuary. Credit: National Estuarine Research Reserve System (NERR).

Staff Sgt. Norm Leo, a crisis hotline volunteer from the 623rd Air Mobility Support Squadon, Ramstein Air Base, Germany, passes information to fellow volunteer Teresa McBride as she responds to a call. (P.; photo by Master Sgt. Keith Reed)..

Students collect and test water samples from a small stream as part of a corps of volunteer water quality monitors in the state of Iowa. Credit: Tim McCabe.

NRCS retired employee Bill Eagle and Earth Team Volunteer K.C. Vanatta measuring stream bank stabilization plant growth on Fish Hawk Creek, Oregon. Credit: Gary Wilson.

Curtis Inabinett volunteer manager of the South Carolina Sea Island Farmers Cooperative and a member of the South Carolina State General Assembly. Currently there are 50 full and part-time farmers in the Sea Island Farmers Cooperative, originally the coop had over 100 members. Credit: USDA.

Earth Team volunteer Amber Bilak, left, and Janice Richardson, a soil conservation technician with the NRCS in Provo, Utah review a conservation plan near a peach orchard in Santaquin, Utah. Credit: USDA.

Grace Iverson, BLM Volunteer from Florida. Credit: Jerry Sintz.

Florida Scrub Jay, a threatened species, shown with Volunteer Grace Iverson. Credit: Jerry Sintz.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

ALT testing of volunteer blood donors should be discontinued. (references)

She didn't want to volunteer at the hospital or go to her church group. (references)

You will only be asked to take part in a clinical trial as a volunteer giving informed consent. (references)

Business

A Commercial Officer from the U.S. Embassy sits on the volunteer executive board. (references)

Children

Mauritania

In 2000 the school obtained the services of a volunteer expert who provided professional training for the staff. (references)

Economic History

Switzerland

Women may volunteer to serve in the armed forces and presently total about 2,000; however, they are not assigned to functions involving the use of weapons for purposes other than self defense. (references)

Latvia

The "zemessardze," or home guard, is an autonomous 16,500 man-strong volunteer paramilitary organization which also performs traditional national guard duties and assists the 2,500 border guards. (references)

Human Rights

Cote d'Ivoire

In April 1999, the bar began operating a telephone hotline for free legal advice from volunteer attorneys. (references)

Colombia

In March 2000, the FARC announced "Law 002," which required persons with more than $1 million in assets to volunteer payment to the FARC or risk detention. (references)

Honduras

Violent crime continued to fuel the growth of private--often unlicensed--guard services, and of volunteer groups that patrolled their neighborhoods or municipalities to deter crime. (references)

Minorities

Sweden

The Government supports volunteer groups that oppose racism and xenophobia. (references)

Political Economy

Rwanda

A volunteer force of armed civilian local defense units with limited arrest powers also functions throughout the country. (references)

Sri Lanka

The 120,000-member army (which includes the Army Volunteer Force), the 17,000-member navy, and the 18,500 member air force bear principal responsibility for conducting operations against LTTE terrorists. (references)

Travel

Kuwait

Volunteer useful information such as allergies, medication currently taken, and medical history. (references)

Women

Israel and the occupied territories

While they cannot be "placed" in combat positions, they are free to volunteer for such units. (references)

Pakistan

The center offers legal and medical referrals from volunteer doctors and lawyers, counseling from trained psychologists, and a hotline for women in distress. (references)

Worker Rights

Cuba

Workers who refused to volunteer for these jobs often risked discrimination or job loss. (references)

Mongolia

However, over the past year, 42 additional, volunteer inspectors from NGO's assisted the labor monitoring unit. (references)

Bosnia and Herzegovina

In the RS overtime is limited to 10 hours, although an employees may volunteer for an additional 10 hours in exceptional circumstances. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "volunteer": military volunteer ♦ volunteer corps ♦ volunteer firefighters ♦ volunteer navy ♦ volunteer plant ♦ volunteer State ♦ volunteer to do smth.. Additional references.

Beginning with "volunteer": volunteer-conscript, volunteer-force, volunteer-run.

Ending with "volunteer": all-volunteer, ex-volunteer, half-volunteer, un-volunteer.

Containing "volunteer": all-volunteer force.

Afrikaans

vrywilliger. (various references)

Albanian

vullnetar (freewill, voluntary), vetëdashës (self willed, voluntary), jap vullnetarisht, dal vullnetar (come forward). (various references)

Arabic 

‏متطوع, ‏قدم متطوعا, ‏تطوع (enlist, recruit, volunteering), ‏المتبرع (benefactor, contributor), ‏النية التلقائية. (various references)

Bulgarian 

отзовавам се (respond), опълченец (militiaman), нагърбвам се доброволно, заемам се (attempt, buckle, deal, set out, start out, undertake), предлагам услугите си (tender), предлагам помощта си, доброволчески (voluntary), доброволец (voluntary), доброволен (freewill, spontaneous, unforced, unsolicited, voluntary). (various references)

Chinese 

義務 (duty, obligation, voluntary), 志願者 , 志願 (aspiration, ideal, wish), 志愿者. (various references)

Czech

poskytnout (administer, afford, extend, furnish, give, grant, house, provide, render, supply, tender), ochotnì udìlat, nabídnout (bid, make an offer, offer, proffer, propose), dobrovolník, dobrovolnì se přihlásit. (various references)

Danish

selvsået plante (wilding, wildling), frivillig. (various references)

Dutch

vrijwilliger, volontair (cub reporter). (various references)

Esperanto

volontulo. (various references)

Farsi 

خواستار (Demanding, Wishful), داوطلب شدن , داوطلب (Applicant, Candidate, Entrant). (various references)

Finnish

tarjoutua (offer), tarjokas (candidate), luonnontaimi (wilding, wildling). (various references)

French

volontaire (voluntary). (various references)

German

Freiwilliger. (various references)

Greek 

προσφέρω εθελοντικώσ, προσφέρομαι εθελοντικώσ, εθελοντήσ, εθελοντής (volunteer for). (various references)

Hebrew 

מת�'יס, מת� �"ב, ל�"ת� �"ב (donate), ל� �"ב (donate). (various references)

Hungarian

önkéntes (free will, unasked for, unbidden, voluntary, willing). (various references)

Indonesian

sukarelawan. (various references)

Italian

volontario (freewill, unsolicitous, voluntary, willing). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

篤志家 (self-sacrificing person), ボツリヌス菌 (bob, bobsled, bobsleigh, body, body blow, body building, body check, body conscious, body language, body line, body painting, body shampoo, body talk, body treatment, body-building, bodysuit, Bohemian, Bohemian glass, bomb, bonanzagram, bonus pay, Botswana, bottle, bottle keep, bottle-neck, bottom, bottom out, bottomless, bottom-line, bottom-up, botulinus bacillus, careless, security check, sexually flattering clothing, special exercise for developing big muscles, voluntary chain), 挺身 (volunteering), 有志　 (sympathizer, voluntary), 有志 (sympathizer, voluntary). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

ボランティア , ボランテァ , ゆうし (ambition, an official, another child considered as one's own, brave man, brave warrior, financing, gallant figure, grieving, hero, historical, idle funds or capital, loan, nephew, recorded in history, sympathizer, traveller, voluntary, wanderer), とくしか (self-sacrificing person), ていし�" (boat length, communications, courtier, go ahead of, volunteering). (various references)

Korean 

지원자 (Applicant). (various references)

Manx

ve arryltagh, jannoo dy arryltagh, cur dy arryltagh, arryltagh (ready, spontaneous, voluntary, willing). (various references)

Pig Latin

olunteervay.(various references)

Portuguese

voluntário (spontaneous, unconstrained, voluntary). (various references)

Romanian

voluntar (authoritative, free will, self willed, voluntary, wilful), se oferi ca voluntar, se înrola ca voluntar, brigadier (Brigadier). (various references)

Russian 

доброволец. (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

volonterski, volonter, moba, dobrovoljno ponuditi, dobrovoljan (freewill, voluntary), dobrovoljac. (various references)

Spanish

voluntario (self-inflicted, unsolicitous, voluntary). (various references)

Swedish

voluntär, frivillig (facultative, freewill, optional, unsolicited, voluntary, willing). (various references)

Turkish

kendiliği den büyüyen, isteyerek yapmak, gönüllü yazılmak (enlist), gönüllü olmak (come forward), gönüllü asker (terrier, territorial), gönüllü (ready, voluntary, willing), gönül rızası ile yapılan, üstlenmek (accept, assume, be stuck with, bear, stand, support, take on, take over, take upon oneself, undertake). (various references)

Turkmen 

meяletinзi. (various references)

Ukrainian

волонтер, безоплатний, пропонувати (appoint, charge, hold forth, hold out, offer, proffer, propose, put, put forward, set forward, set up, suggest, tender), добровільний (free, freewill, gratuitous, spontaneous, unbidden, voluntary, willing), доброволець. (various references)

Vietnamese 

người xung phong. (various references)

Welsh

gwirfoddolwr, gwirfoddoli. (various references)

voluntarie, voluntarii, voluntario, voluntarium, voluntarius. (various references)

Derivations

Words beginning with "volunteer": volunteered, volunteering, volunteerism, volunteerisms, volunteers. (additional references)

Misspellings

"Volunteer" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: volenteer, volinteer, volonteer, voluntear, volunteere, volunter, voluntere, voluntier, volutteer. (additional references)

Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-1 letter: overlent, revolute, truelove.

-2 letters: evolute, nervule, overlet, toluene, veloute, venture.

-3 letters: elevon, eluent, louver, louvre, neuter, oeuvre, relent, retune, revolt, revote, runlet, tenour, tenure, tureen, unreel, unrove, velour, velure, venter, venule, vetoer, volute.

-4 letters: elute, elver, enrol, enter, enure, event, evert, lento, leone, lever, loner, lover, lunet, nerol, nerve, never, noter, novel, outer, outre.

+1 letter: volunteers.

+2 letters: volunteered.

+3 letters: reevaluation, volunteering, volunteerism.

+4 letters: countervailed, outdelivering, overindulgent, prerevolution, reevaluations, revolutionise, revolutionize, ultraviolence, ventriloquies, ventriloquize, venturesomely, volunteerisms.

+5 letters: bouleversement, overevaluation, overregulating, overregulation, predevaluation, revolutionised, revolutionises, revolutionized, revolutionizer, revolutionizes, superelevation, ultraviolences, ventriloquized, ventriloquizes.