volunteerとは

意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɑl.ənˈtɪɹ/
• (Received 発音) IPA^(key): /vɒl.ənˈtɪə/
• 韻: -ɪə(ɹ)
• ハイフネーション: vol‧un‧teer

名詞

volunteer (複数形 volunteers)

1. One who enters into, or offers for, any service of his/her own free will, especially when done without pay.
2. (military) 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.
3. (law) A person who acts out of his own will without a legal obligation, such as a donor.
4. (botany, agriculture) A plant that grows spontaneously, without being cultivated on purpose; see volunteer plant in Wikipedia.
5. A native or resident of the American state of Tennessee.

関連する語

• voluntarism
• voluntarist

動詞

volunteer (三人称単数 現在形 volunteers, 現在分詞 volunteering, 過去形および過去分詞形 volunteered)

1. (intransitive) To enlist oneself as a volunteer.
2. (transitive, intransitive) To do or offer to do something voluntarily.

   to volunteer for doing the dishes

3. (transitive) To offer, usually unprompted.

   to volunteer an explanation

4. (intransitive, botany) To grow without human sowing or intentional cultivation.
5. (transitive, informal) To offer the services of (someone else) to do something.

   My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.

参照

• volunteer in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.