VERB | communication | volunteer | tell voluntarily |
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social | volunteer, offer | agree / agree freely | |
social | volunteer | do volunteer work | |
NOUN | person | volunteer, military volunteer, voluntary | (military) a person who freely enlists for service |
person | volunteer, unpaid worker | a person who performs voluntary work | |
person | Volunteer, Tennessean | a native or resident of Tennessee | |
ADJECTIVE | all | volunteer, unpaid | without payment |
Sounds | vaa.lahntih'r | |
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Rhymes | acyclovir ... zaire / Zaire: 93 rhymes with ihr... |
Meaning | Without payment. | |
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Example | "a volunteer fire department" | |
Synonym | unpaid | |
Broader | voluntary | Of your own free will or design |
Spanish | voluntario | |
Catalan | voluntari |
Meaning | (military) a person who freely enlists for service. | |
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Synonyms | military volunteer, voluntary | |
Category | military, armed forces, armed services, military machine, war machine | The military forces of a nation |
Broader | serviceman, military man, man, military personnel | someone who serves in the armed forces |
Opposite | draftee, conscript, inductee | someone who is drafted into military service |
Spanish | voluntario | |
Catalan | voluntari |
Meaning | A person who performs voluntary work. | |
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Synonym | unpaid worker | |
Narrower | candy striper | A volunteer worker in a hospital / hospital |
pledge taker | A volunteer who records (usually by telephone) contributions pledged in a fund drive | |
vigilante, vigilance man | Member of a vigilance committee | |
Broader | worker | A person who works at a specific occupation |
Spanish | voluntario | |
Catalan | voluntari | |
Verbs | volunteer | do volunteer work |
Meaning | A native or resident of Tennessee. | |
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Synonym | Tennessean | |
Broader | American | A native or inhabitant of the United States |
Meaning | tell voluntarily. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
Example | "He volunteered the information" | |
Broader | inform | Impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to |
Spanish | ofrecer |
Meaning | agree / agree freely. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s to INFINITIVE | |
Model | They volunteer to move | |
Example | "She volunteered to drive the old lady home" | |
Synonym | offer | |
Broader | act, move | Perform an action, or work out or perform (an action) |
Spanish | ofrecerse, ofrecer | |
Catalan | oferir-se |
Meaning | Do volunteer work. | |
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Pattern | Somebody ----s; Somebody ----s PP | |
Broader | work | Exert oneself by doing mental or physical work for a purpose or out of necessity |
Spanish | ofrecerse | |
Catalan | oferir-se, oferir | |
Nouns | voluntary | (military) a person who freely enlists for service |
volunteer | a person who performs voluntary work |
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