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volunteer

noun
/ˌvɒl(ə)nˈtɪə/UK/ˌvɑlənˈtɪɹ/US

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary + -eer.

  1. derived from voluntārius — “willing, voluntary”
  2. borrowed from voluntaire

Definitions

  1. One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will,…

    One who enters into, or offers themselves for, any service of their own free will, especially when done without pay.

    • The volunteers at the nature reserve meet up ever other Sunday to help its upkeep.

  2. One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to…

    One who enters into military service voluntarily (but who, when in service, is subject to discipline and regulations like other soldiers), as opposed to a conscript.

  3. A voluntary member of the organized militia of a country, as distinguished from a regular…

    A voluntary member of the organized militia of a country, as distinguished from a regular or member of the standing army.

  4. ›+ 8 more definitions

    1. A person who acts out of their own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.

    2. A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose

      A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.

    3. A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

    4. To enlist oneself as a volunteer.

    5. To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

      • to volunteer for doing the dishes
      • The typical volunteer may live in Utah, which ranked first in the percentage of people who said they volunteered among all 50 states and Washington, DC. […] The median amount of time per year spent volunteering was 52 hours.

    6. To offer, usually unprompted.

      • to volunteer an explanation

    7. To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.

      • My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.

    8. To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.

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Derived

army volunteer, volunteerism, volunteerly, volunteership, volunteer snooker, I volunteer as tribute, volunteering, voluntell

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at volunteer. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

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A definitional loop anchored at volunteer. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

10 hops · closes at volunteer

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA