volunteer
gb/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/ us/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 3400
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A2
entity
1
Person who works for free
Someone who works without getting money because they want to help.
Muundo wa matumizi:
a volunteer for [something]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
helper (More general; not necessarily unpaid or formal.)
Vinyume
employee (Someone who is paid to work, the opposite of unpaid work.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
volunteer work
|volunteer program
|volunteer group
|volunteer position
Mada
charity
|community
|work
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- 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.
Kitenzi
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.
Muundo wa matumizi:
to volunteer to [do something]
Kosa la kawaida:
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.
Visawe
offer (More general; not limited to unpaid work.)
Vinyume
refuse (To say you will not do something, the opposite of offering.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
volunteer to help
|volunteer for duty
|volunteer at a shelter
Mada
charity
|community
|daily life
|work
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- 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.
Nomino
B2
entity
3
Plant growing on its own
A plant that grows by itself without someone planting it.
Visawe
self-seeder (Technical gardening term; less common in everyday speech.)
Vinyume
cultivated plant (A plant that is intentionally grown by humans.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
volunteer plant
|volunteer tomato
Mada
gardening
|agriculture
|nature
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- 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.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
volunteer
IPA
GB/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
US/vˌɑləntˈɪɹ/
Silabi na mkazo
vo - lun - teer (silabi 3)
Stress on 3rd syllable (teer)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: volunteer
- Plural: volunteers
Verb
- Base: volunteer
- 3rd Person Singular: volunteers
- Present Participle: volunteering
- Past: volunteered
Familia ya neno
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
Semi
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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- She does volunteer work at the animal shelter every weekend.
- Volunteer work can be very rewarding.