Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Volunteer"

The meaning of "Volunteer" in various phrases and sentences

Q: What does volunteers for an event pulling in a large amount of money should be compensated mean?
A: people who volunteer to help with an event that ends up earning a lot of money, should be paid for their work
Q: What does to be a volunteer thinker mean?
A: To be someone who uses his own intelligence without being asked.
Q: What does And your volunteer group may not take you for granted, and they will to their best to use your skills to further the overall goals of the program. What does this mean? mean?
A: In case you need a translation:
И волонтёры из твоей группы не станут воспринимать тебя как нечто само собой разумеющееся, они сделают всё возможное, чтобы использовать твои таланты/умения для достижения главной цели программы.
Q: What does as a volunteer i helped them with arrangement for a concert. mean?
A: almost everything, you can volunteer to help students, to organize sth (like in this case), to help with any stuff.

if you say you are a volunteer you dont say what you are doing as a volunteer.

i dont know if you know "the Hunger games" but there's a scene, where someone says "i volunteer as a tribut" , if you know this movie it might help you as well

Example sentences using "Volunteer"

Q: Please show me example sentences with volunteer.
A: I’m a volunteer at an animal shelter.

I volunteer at an animal shelter.

My company requires 10 hours of volunteer work a year.

The teacher asked for someone to read a paragraph from the textbook. No one else wanted to do it, so I volunteered.

The police questioned the suspect’s boyfriend, but he was unwilling to volunteer any information about her whereabouts.

I just found out that my mom volunteered me to petsit for the Johnsons this weekend. I wish she would’ve asked me first!
Q: Please show me example sentences with volunteer work.
A: The students did volunteer work after school.

For volunteer work, they helped sort library books.

The community benefits from the volunteer work.
Q: Please show me example sentences with volunteer .
A: We need students to volunteer Saturday from 9 to 5.

Most of our staff volunteer here during their free time.

We will volunteer at the homeless shelter during the winter months.
Q: Please show me example sentences with volunteer.
A: I want to become a volunteer in Red Cross because helping the sick is my passion.
Q: Please show me example sentences with volunteer .
A: I volunteer at the museum.

Would anyone like to volunteer to answer the question?

"Maybe we could go that way." She volunteered.

The last volunteer walked in.

Do we have a volunteer?




Synonyms of "Volunteer" and their differences

Q: What is the difference between #1 volunteer work and #2 outreach ?
A: volunteer work, is the kind of work where you do not expect to get paid.

I do volunteer work for UNICEF.

I do volunteer work for our school.

Outreach means you are doing something for a group of people (some form of service, like medical checkups or academic services) that is usually not available to them at any given day.
Q: What is the difference between volunteer activity and volunteer work ?
A: Both are the same. Work would mean that you do it more often then an activity.
Q: What is the difference between volunteer and intern ?
A: Volunteer é voluntário. Uma pessoa que trabalha sem receber nada em troca. Normalmente para o bem da comunindade.

Intern é estagiário. Um aprendiz, normalmente um estudante, que pode ou não receber por seu trabalho. Mas está lá pra aprender as funções do ofício.
Q: What is the difference between I participated AS A volunteer... and I participated AS volunteer in... ?
A: I participated as a volunteer is correct.
Q: What is the difference between volunteers wanted and volunteers needed ?

Translations of "Volunteer"

Q: How do you say this in English (US)? I’m the volunteer for Tokyo Games. The reason why I applied is I’d like to entertain, encourage entertain people from overseas. But in the current situation the Game will be completely different what I imagined. But I’ll just do my best.
Please correct.
A: I’m a volunteer at Tokyo Games. The reason why I applied is that I would like to entertain and encourage entertaining people from overseas, but in this situation, the game will be completely different from what I imagined. I’ll just do my best.
Q: How do you say this in English (US)? I was accepted as the volunteer of the torch relay in a ward of Tokyo for the 2020 Games. (Also the games volunteer). People are not excited about the Games, and I wonder if we can hold the games. Many of us think we have prioritize matter .
A: I was accepted as a volunteer for the torch relay in a ward of Tokyo for the 2020 games. Unfortunately, people are not excited about the games, and I wonder if we could even hold them. Many of us think the government should consider their priorities

I don’t really understand what
“Many of us think we have prioritize matter” means but I assume you mean that the people think that the government should not prioritize the Tokyo games
Q: How do you say this in English (US)? waiting until enough of volunteers have been exposed to the virus through their daily lives
waiting until enough of volunteers are exposed to the virus through their daily lives
Is it same? Which would be better?
A: waiting until enough of the volunteers have been exposed to the virus through their daily lives .

this would be better . it would mostly depend on the first part of the sentence. Both make sense but hard to choose without the rest of the sentence.
Q: How do you say this in English (US)? Doing volunteer work will be their experience in the future.

I’d like to know if I should write “experience” or “experiences” in essay.
A: either way would be fine, as long as volunteer work has to do with many kinds of volunteering, then you can use experiences for plurality
Q: How do you say this in English (UK)? volunteers are needed
A: ヴォランティアが必要です

Other questions about "Volunteer"

Q: I have been also working as a volunteer in different types of cultural, educational and open-source projects and programs, and I look forward to migrating to this line of work full-time. Does this sound natural?
A: @42piratas people don't really say "line of activities." "Line of work" is most commonly used. (And it should be "in this line of work." Not "on this line of work")
Q: He has been a volunteer with children since he started university Does this sound natural?
A: He has been volunteering for children since he started university.
Q: I also used to do volunteer work for World Vision, and attended charity activities. While helping those in need, I picked up skills to work efficiently both independently and in a team. Does this sound natural?
A: The only thing to change is "in" --> "on" other than that you are correct 👍👌
Q: Can I say
I heard you are recruiting volunteers.(Should I use 'are' instead of 'were', since the company is still recruiting? )
A: Yes, you would say are. Were would indicate that the company is no longer recruiting.
Q: Through all this volunteer activities , I developed my language skills , I learned so many things about Korea and also I made new friendships. Does this sound natural?
A: I would phrase it like this:

I developed my my language skills through my volunteer activities. I learned so many things about Korea and also made new friendships.

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