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voluntary
[ vol-uhn-ter-ee ]
adjective
- done, made, brought about, undertaken, etc., of one's own accord or by free choice:
a voluntary contribution.
Synonyms: , , , ,
- of, relating to, or acting in accord with the will:
voluntary cooperation.
- of, relating to, or depending on voluntary action:
voluntary hospitals.
- Law.
- acting or done without compulsion or obligation.
- done by intention, and not by accident:
voluntary manslaughter.
- made without valuable consideration:
a voluntary settlement.
- Physiology. subject to or controlled by the will.
- having the power of willing or choosing:
a voluntary agent.
- proceeding from a natural impulse; spontaneous:
voluntary laughter.
Synonyms: , , ,
noun
- something done voluntarily.
- a piece of music, frequently spontaneous and improvised, performed as a prelude to a larger work, especially a piece of organ music performed before, during, or after an office of the church.
voluntary
/ -trɪ; ˈvɒləntərɪ /
adjective
- performed, undertaken, or brought about by free choice, willingly, or without being asked
a voluntary donation
- (of persons) serving or acting in a specified function of one's own accord and without compulsion or promise of remuneration
a voluntary social worker
- done by, composed of, or functioning with the aid of volunteers
a voluntary association
- endowed with, exercising, or having the faculty of willing
a voluntary agent
- arising from natural impulse; spontaneous
voluntary laughter
- law
- acting or done without legal obligation, compulsion, or persuasion
- made without payment or recompense in any form
a voluntary conveyance
- (of the muscles of the limbs, neck, etc) having their action controlled by the will
- maintained or provided by the voluntary actions or contributions of individuals and not by the state
voluntary schools
the voluntary system
noun
- music a composition or improvisation, usually for organ, played at the beginning or end of a church service
- work done without compulsion
- obsolete.a volunteer, esp in an army
Derived Forms
- ˈDZܲԳٲԱ, noun
- DZܲˈٲ, adverb
Other yvlog Forms
- DZ·ܲ·ٲ·· [vol-, uh, n-, tair, -, uh, -lee, vol, -, uh, n-ter-], adverb
- DZ·ܲ·ٲ··Ա noun
- ԴDz·DZ·ܲ·ٲ· adjective
- ··DZ·ܲ·ٲ· adjective
- ܲ·DZ·ܲ·ٲ· adjective
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of voluntary1
yvlog History and Origins
Origin of voluntary1
Synonym Study
Example Sentences
So far, most efforts to reduce all these effects and their growing impact involves voluntary mitigations, not significant regulation.
It recently closed a second voluntary severance scheme after a previous round led to 60 members of staff leaving voluntarily.
In all but a handful of cases, the lethal dose was delivered by a doctor or nurse, which is also known as voluntary euthanasia.
RGU announced in November that 135 further redundancies could be made after 130 staff left through a voluntary severance scheme last year.
Three hundred members of staff at the university had already taken voluntary redundancy by the end of 2024.
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