volunteer

Definition of volunteer in English English dictionary: To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation; A plant that grows in disturbed soil; One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay; A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee; To enlist oneself as a volunteer; A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor; 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; To do or offer to do something voluntarily; {n} a soldier serving of his own accord; An individual who agrees to provide services to a hospice program without monetary compensation More specifically, a patient care volunteer is an individual who agrees to serve on an interdisciplinary team as a companion of the patient/family and provide psychosocial support to the patient/family during the remaining days of the patient's life A bereavement care volunteer agrees to provide psychosocial support to the surviving family following the patient's death (NHO glossary); {i} one who offers his services of his own free will or without pay; A volunteer plant; To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services; Men who joined the armies of the Union and the Confederates were known as volunteers They stood in contrast to conscripts, who were drafted into service Some soldiers complained that conscripts lacked morale and obedience in comparison to their more zealous counterparts; That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals; To enter into, or offer for, any service of one's own free will, without solicitation or compulsion; as, he volunteered in that undertaking; without payment; "the soup kitchen was run primarily by unpaid helpers"; "a volunteer fire department"; Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc; a person who freely offers to do something; a person who works for an organizations without being paid Volunteerism: the involvement of volunteer labour, especially in community services; tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"; A Booster who supports the Music Program by doing important work such as Chaperones, Equipment, Uniforms, Fund Raising, Recycling, Scrip, or just lending a hand and has a great time with a great group of people; The foreign person that provides the hosting structure with the service; A person who donates or gives their time and talents to provide services to other people, or to the community-at-large Topic areas: Volunteer Management; (Volontaire) One who gives service without reward or promise of reward; If you volunteer information, you tell someone something without being asked. The room was quiet; no one volunteered any further information `They were both great supporters of Franco,' Ryle volunteered The next week, Phillida volunteered that they were getting on better; do volunteer work; One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will, especially when done without pay; a person who works without compensation in behalf of an organization, cause, benefit, etc; A volunteer is someone who offers to do a particular task or job without being forced to do it. Right. What I want now is two volunteers to come down to the front; 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"; an individual who performs activities of one's own free will that provide service to the community without monetary It is an expression of active participation in the life of a community; 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; To work without compensation on behalf of an organization, cause, benefit, etc -- a person who volunteers Payment to recompense a volunteer for transportation, parking, child support, etc expenses may be made for an individual who could otherwise not volunteer their time, skill, experience and network connections; {f} offer to do or give something voluntarily; propose, put forward (without being invited to do so); offer that someone else will do or give something voluntarily; If you volunteer to do something, you offer to do it without being forced to do it. Aunt Mary volunteered to clean up the kitchen He volunteered for the army in 1939 She volunteered as a nurse in a soldiers' rest-home He's volunteered his services as a chauffeur; Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; as, volunteer companies; volunteer advice; A volunteer is someone who does work without being paid for it, because they want to do it. She now helps in a local school as a volunteer three days a week Mike was a member of the local volunteer fire brigade; Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author; a person who performs voluntary work (military) a person who freely enlists for service tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information" do volunteer work 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" Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc; An instrument for m; The theories or practice of Voltaire; do volunteer work 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"; Any individual accepted to perform services by the Lead Agency which has the authority to accept volunteer services A volunteer is subject to the provisions of the authorizing statute; Of or pertaining to a volunteer or volunteers; consisting of volunteers; voluntary; Growing spontaneously without being sown; a person who performs voluntary work (military) a person who freely enlists for service tell voluntarily; "He volunteered the information"; (military) a person who freely enlists for service; A volunteer is someone who chooses to join the armed forces, especially during a war, as opposed to someone who is forced to join by (Hukuk) They fought as volunteers with the Afghan guerrillas; 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; to work for someone for nothing, to offer your services without receiving payment for work; a person who performs voluntary work; One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his own free will
volunteer an opinion: offer one's opinion
volunteer navy: Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc
volunteer navy: Prussia in 1870, in the Franco-German war, organized such a navy, which was commanded by merchant seamen with temporary commissions, with the claim (in which England acquiesced) that it did not come within the meaning of the term privateer
volunteer navy: A navy of vessels fitted out and manned by volunteers who sail under the flag of the regular navy and subject to naval discipline
volunteer navy: An instrument for m
volunteer navy: Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author
volunteer navy: That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals
volunteer navy: The theories or practice of Voltaire
volunteer state: Of or relating to Voltaire, the French author
volunteer state: That form of electricity which is developed by the chemical action between metals and different liquids; voltaic electricity; also, the science which treats of this form of electricity; called also galvanism, from Galvani, on account of his experiments showing the remarkable influence of this agent on animals
volunteer state: An instrument for m
volunteer state: Of or pertaining to voltaism, or voltaic electricity; as, voltaic induction; the voltaic arc
volunteer state: The theories or practice of Voltaire
volunteer state: Tennessee; a nickname
volunteering: The act of volunteering; the action of the verb volunteer
Ulster Volunteer Force: the full name of the UVF
loyalist volunteer force: a terrorist group formed in 1996 in Northern Ireland; seeks to prevent the peace process; murders Catholics and any Protestant leaders who favor peace
volunteered: past of volunteer
volunteering: Freely performing work and being of use to various organizations and groups whose needs exceed their resources This may include reflective practices but they are not a pre-requisite
volunteering: present participle of volunteer
volunteering: The opportunity to volunteer in Broward's public schools is welcomed The following core volunteer programs are available
volunteering: Community To meet a need
volunteers: Workers who are not considered to be employees under the act when they serve of their own free will without compensation
volunteers: n Plants that you like and know the name of that came up somewhere you did not plant them Note that if you don't like them, they are weeds, not volunteers Example of proper usage: "I had a Lenton Rose volunteer in my flower bed!" Example of improper usage: "I have crabgrass volunteering in my zoysia!"
volunteers: Plural form of a volunteer
volunteers: seed or tubers that have been left behind in the field after harvest and have not been killed by winter conditions; grow up the following year
volunteers: People who work for no money
volunteers: Unpaid lay and professional persons who offer their services in support of the Cooperative Extension organization and its educational programs, often taking on the role of educator under the supervision of professional Extension educators