volunteer
gb/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/ us/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
A2
Anglais
~ 3400
Sens
0 sens
Nom
A2
entity
1
Person who works for free
Someone who works without getting money because they want to help.
Schéma d’usage :
a volunteer for [something]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners sometimes confuse 'volunteer' with 'intern'. An intern may be unpaid but usually works for experience in a specific career field, while a volunteer works mainly to help others or support a cause.
Synonymes
helper (More general; not necessarily unpaid or formal.)
Antonymes
employee (Someone who is paid to work, the opposite of unpaid work.)
Collocations
volunteer work
|volunteer program
|volunteer group
|volunteer position
Thèmes
charity
|community
|work
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- The museum relies on volunteers to guide visitors.
- She joined the charity as a volunteer last summer.
- Volunteers handed out food to the homeless.
- The hospital is looking for more volunteers.
- Many volunteers helped clean up after the storm.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I am a volunteer at the library.
- He is a volunteer at the animal shelter.
- We need more volunteers for the event.
- My sister is a volunteer in the park.
- The school has many volunteers.
Verbe
A2
action
2
Offer to help freely
To say you will do something without getting money for it and without being told to do it.
Schéma d’usage :
to volunteer to [do something]
Erreur fréquente :
Learners may incorrectly use 'volunteer' with an object like 'volunteer someone', which usually means forcing them into a task; correct use is reflexive or subject-directed.
Synonymes
offer (More general; not limited to unpaid work.)
Antonymes
refuse (To say you will not do something, the opposite of offering.)
Collocations
volunteer to help
|volunteer for duty
|volunteer at a shelter
Thèmes
charity
|community
|daily life
|work
|core_vocabulary
Exemples
- I volunteered to organize the school fair.
- Several students volunteered to help clean the park.
- She volunteered at the local food bank every weekend.
- He volunteered his time to coach the team.
- They volunteered for extra shifts during the crisis.
Exemples pédagogiques
- I will volunteer to help my teacher.
- She volunteered to make the posters.
- He volunteered to clean the room.
- We volunteered at the old people's home.
- They volunteered to plant trees.
Nom
B2
entity
3
Plant growing on its own
A plant that grows by itself without someone planting it.
Synonymes
self-seeder (Technical gardening term; less common in everyday speech.)
Antonymes
cultivated plant (A plant that is intentionally grown by humans.)
Collocations
volunteer plant
|volunteer tomato
Thèmes
gardening
|agriculture
|nature
Exemples
- We found a volunteer pumpkin growing in the compost heap.
- Volunteer sunflowers appeared along the fence line.
- Gardeners sometimes keep volunteer plants if they are healthy.
- That tomato is a volunteer from last year's crop.
Exemples pédagogiques
- A tomato grew in my garden. It was a volunteer.
- We saw a volunteer flower near the fence.
- There is a volunteer plant in the yard.
- This tree is a volunteer from last year.
- The farmer found a volunteer corn plant.
Grammaire
Forme canonique
volunteer
API
GB/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
US/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
Syllabes et accentuation
vo - lun - teer (3 syllabes)
Stress on 3rd syllable (teer)
Formes du mot
Noun
- Base: volunteer
- Plural: volunteers
Verb
- Base: volunteer
- 3rd Person Singular: volunteers
- Present Participle: volunteering
- Past: volunteered
Famille de mots
Forms
volunteers
noun
volunteering
verb
volunteered
verb
Core family
voluntary
adjective B1
voluntarily
adverb B2
Negative and opposite forms
involuntary
adjective
involuntarily
adverb B2
Advanced or less common
volunteerism
noun C1
Expressions
volunteer for duty
1/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ fɚ dˈuti/
fixed phrase
Willingly take on responsibility
To say you will do a job or task because you want to, not because you have to.
Exemples
- Several soldiers volunteered for duty overseas.
- She volunteered for duty during the busy holiday season.
volunteer one's services
1/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ wˈʌnz sˈɚvɪsɪz/
fixed phrase
Offer skills for free
To say you will use your skills or time to help someone without pay.
Exemples
- He volunteered his services as a translator for the charity event.
- They volunteered their services to help organize the festival.
volunteer work
1/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ wˈɚk/
fixed phrase
Unpaid work for a cause
Work you do without pay because you want to help people or support something important.
Exemples
- She does volunteer work at the animal shelter every weekend.
- Volunteer work can be very rewarding.