word-vault/dist/data/cards/vo/volunteer.json

A lightweight JavaScript package for English word definitions and collections.

{
    "term": "volunteer",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "academic": true,
    "ox3000": true,
    "cefr": "b1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": 1,
            "definition": "a person who does a job without being paid for it",
            "sensetop": "volunteer for/with something",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Schools need volunteers to help children to read."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She does volunteer work at an orphanage."
                },
                {
                    "text": "She was a volunteer for the Red Cross before training as a nurse.",
                    "contextForm": "volunteer for/with something"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Volunteers from various organizations are working to save the lives of the earthquake victims."
                },
                {
                    "text": "a volunteer firefighter"
                },
                {
                    "text": "volunteer helpers/carers"
                },
                {
                    "text": "The Centre is run by a group of dedicated volunteers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "He worked as a volunteer for Oxfam."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The office is staffed by unpaid volunteers."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The support our volunteers provide cannot be measured in purely practical terms."
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Social issues"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["unpaid", "full-time", "part-time"],
                "… of volunteers": ["army", "band", "group"],
                "verb + volunteer": ["appeal for", "ask for", "call for"],
                "volunteer + verb": [
                    "come forward",
                    "man something",
                    "staff something"
                ],
                "volunteer + noun": ["staff", "worker", "labour/​labor"],
                "preposition": ["volunteer for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 2,
            "definition": "a person who offers to do something without being forced to do it",
            "cefr": "b1",
            "ox3000": true,
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "Are there any volunteers to help clear up?"
                },
                {
                    "text": "For my next trick, I'll need a volunteer from the audience."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The company is looking for volunteers to take part in a trial."
                },
                {
                    "text": "Hundreds of volunteers have come forward to offer their help."
                },
                {
                    "text": "No volunteers came forward."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The charity is appealing for volunteers to take elderly patients to and from hospital."
                },
                {
                    "text": "The local community provided volunteers to repair the road."
                },
                {
                    "text": "We can't get any volunteers to help in the gardens."
                }
            ],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["unpaid", "full-time", "part-time"],
                "… of volunteers": ["army", "band", "group"],
                "verb + volunteer": ["appeal for", "ask for", "call for"],
                "volunteer + verb": [
                    "come forward",
                    "man something",
                    "staff something"
                ],
                "volunteer + noun": ["staff", "worker", "labour/​labor"],
                "preposition": ["volunteer for"]
            }
        },
        {
            "senseNumber": 3,
            "definition": "a person who chooses to join the armed forces without being forced to join",
            "cefr": "b2",
            "examples": [],
            "topics": ["War and conflict"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["army", "civilian"],
                "verb + volunteer": ["recruit", "serve as"],
                "volunteer + noun": ["army", "corps", "force"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌvɒlənˈtɪə(r)/",
                "audio": "vo/volunteer/volunteer__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌvɑːlənˈtɪr/",
                "audio": "vo/volunteer/volunteer__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late 16th cent. (as a noun, with military reference): from French volontaire ‘voluntary’. The change in the ending was due to association with -eer."
}