a person who voluntarily offers himself or herself for a service or undertaking.
2.
a person who performs a service willingly and without pay.
3.
Military. a person who enters the service voluntarily rather than through conscription or draft, esp. for special or temporary service rather than as a member of the regular or permanent army.
4.
Law.
a.
a person whose actions are not founded on any legal obligation so to act.
b.
a person who intrudes into a matter that does not concern him or her, as a person who pays the debt of another where he or she is neither legally nor morally bound to do so and has no interest to protect in making the payment.
5.
Agriculture. a volunteer plant.
6.
(initial capital letter) a native or inhabitant of Tennessee (used as a nickname).
–adjective
7.
of, pertaining to, or being a volunteer or volunteers: a volunteer fireman.
8.
Agriculture. growing without being seeded, planted, or cultivated by a person; springing up spontaneously.
–verb (used without object)
9.
to offer oneself for some service or undertaking.
10.
to enter service or enlist as a volunteer.
–verb (used with object)
11.
to offer (oneself or one's services) for some undertaking or purpose.
12.
to give, bestow, or perform voluntarily: to volunteer a song.
13.
to say, tell, or communicate voluntarily: to volunteer an explanation.
[Origin: 1590–1600; < F volontaire < L voluntāriusvoluntary, with -eerfor F -aire]
c.1600, "one who offers himself for military service," from M.Fr. voluntaire, noun use of adj. meaning "voluntary," from L. voluntarius "voluntary, of one's free will" (see voluntary). Non-military sense is first recorded 1638. The verb is first recorded 1755, from the noun. Tennessee has been the Volunteer State since the Mexican War, when a call for 2,800 volunteers brought out 30,000 men.
to offer oneself for a particular task, of one's own free will (often without being paid for such work) Example: He volunteered to act as messenger; She volunteered for the dangerous job.
Arabic:
مُتَطَوِّع
Chinese (Simplified):
自愿（做某事）
Chinese (Traditional):
自願(做某事)
Czech:
dobrovolně se (při)hlásit
Danish:
melde sig frivilligt
Dutch:
zich vrijwillig aanbieden
Estonian:
(end) vabatahtlikuna esitama
Finnish:
ilmoittautua vapaaehtoiseksi
French:
se porter volontaire
German:
sich freiwillig anbieten
Greek:
προσφέρομαι εθελοντικά
Hungarian:
önként jelentkezik
Icelandic:
bjóðast til að gera e-ð, gerast sjálfboðaliði
Indonesian:
menawarkan diri
Italian:
(offrirsi come volontario)
Japanese:
志願する
Korean:
지원하다, 자진해서 떠맡다
Latvian:
brīvprātīgi pieteikties, *uzņemties
Lithuanian:
pasisiūlyti, pasiprašyti
Norwegian:
melde seg frivillig, tilby (seg)
Polish:
zaofiarować się, zgłaszać się na ochotnika
Portuguese (Brazil):
oferecer-se como voluntário
Portuguese (Portugal):
voluntário
Romanian:
a se oferi de bună voie
Russian:
вызываться добровольно
Slovak:
dobrovoľne urobiť, al. ponúknuť
Slovenian:
prostovoljno se javiti
Spanish:
ofrecerse voluntario
Swedish:
frivilligt erbjuda (åta) sig, anmäla sig som frivillig, ställa upp frivilligt
Turkish:
gönüllü olmak
volunteer2[volənˈtiə]verb
to offer (eg an opinion, information etc) Example: Two or three people volunteered suggestions.
Arabic:
يَعْرِض ، يُقَدِّمُ تطوُّعِيّا
Chinese (Simplified):
自愿（提建议）
Chinese (Traditional):
自願(提建議)
Czech:
poskytnout
Danish:
komme med
Dutch:
opperen
Estonian:
pakkuma
Finnish:
tarjota
French:
offrir
German:
sich erlauben
Greek:
προσφέρω αυθόρμητα
Hungarian:
önként felajánl
Icelandic:
segja (e-ð) af fyrra bragði
Indonesian:
mengajukan
Italian:
offrire
Japanese:
申し出る
Korean:
(의견·정보 등을) 자진하여 제공하다
Latvian:
izteikt (domas u.tml.); sniegt (informāciju)
Lithuanian:
pasiūlyti
Norwegian:
si, *komme med (noe) uoppfordret
Polish:
zaofiarować, zgłaszać dobrowolnie
Portuguese (Brazil):
oferecer
Portuguese (Portugal):
oferecer
Romanian:
a oferi
Russian:
предлагать; высказывать
Slovak:
poskytnúť
Slovenian:
ponuditi
Spanish:
ofrecer, facilitar
Swedish:
komma med
Turkish:
gönüllü olmak
volunteer[volənˈtiə]noun
a person who offers to do, or does, something (especially who joins the army) of his own free will Example: If we can get enough volunteers we shall not force people to join the Army.
Vol"un*ta*ry\, a. [L. voluntarius, fr. voluntas will, choice, from the root of velle to will, p. pr. volens; akin to E. will: cf. F. volontaire, Of. also voluntaire. See Will, v. t., and cf. Benevolent, Volition, Volunteer.]1. Proceeding from the will; produced in or by an act of choice. That sin or guilt pertains exclusively to voluntary action is the true principle of orthodoxy. --N. W. Taylor. 2. Unconstrained by the interference of another; unimpelled by the influence of another; not prompted or persuaded by another; done of his or its own accord; spontaneous; acting of one's self, or of itself; free. Our voluntary service he requires. --Milton. She fell to lust a voluntary prey. --Pope. 3. Done by design or intention; intentional; purposed; intended; not accidental; as, if a man kills another by lopping a tree, it is not voluntary manslaughter. 4. (Physiol.) Of or pertaining to the will; subject to, or regulated by, the will; as, the voluntary motions of an animal, such as the movements of the leg or arm (in distinction from involuntary motions, such as the movements of the heart); the voluntary muscle fibers, which are the agents in voluntary motion. 5. Endowed with the power of willing; as, man is a voluntary agent. God did not work as a necessary, but a voluntary, agent, intending beforehand, and decreeing with himself, that which did outwardly proceed from him. --Hooker. 6. (Law) Free; without compulsion; according to the will, consent, or agreement, of a party; without consideration; gratuitous; without valuable consideration. 7. (Eccl.) Of or pertaining to voluntaryism; as, a voluntary church, in distinction from an established or state church. Voluntary affidavit or oath (Law), an affidavit or oath made in extrajudicial matter. Voluntary conveyance (Law), a conveyance without valuable consideration. Voluntary escape (Law), the escape of a prisoner by the express consent of the sheriff. Voluntary jurisdiction. (Eng. Eccl. Law) See Contentious jurisdiction, under Contentious. Voluntary waste. (Law) See Waste, n., 4. Syn: See Spontaneous.
Vol`un*teer"\, n. [F. volontaire. See Voluntary, a.]1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will. 2. (Mil.) 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. (Law) 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. --Burrill.
Vol`un*teer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volunteered; p. pr. & vb. n. Volunteering.] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
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