Join and Volunteer

Join

Join verb - To be adjacent to.

Volunteer and join are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Volunteer" instead a verb "Join".

Nearby Words: joined, joining

Volunteer

Volunteer verb - To make a present of.

Join and volunteer are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Join" instead a verb "Volunteer".

How words are described

old old join old volunteer
original original join original volunteer
brave brave join brave volunteer

Common collocations

war join war volunteer war
friends join friends volunteer friends
guys join guys volunteer guys

Both words in one sentence

  • Also appears in Harrison's Bill the Galactic Hero: Only in the most technical of senses does Bill "volunteer" to join the army.
    Source: Conscription
  • Useful Notes / Israel Haredim are welcome to volunteer to join the IDF, and there is a battalion that exists specifically to accomodate their religious needs.
  • This overlaps with a phenomenon that was considered quite normal up until The Napoleonic Wars: When their country was (technically) at peace, it was usually possible for officers to join the army of a belligerent country as a volunteer.
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