" volunteering "

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1: 1)The act of giving of yourself to help others. Often followed by a rush of happiness at knowing you've made a difference, but sometimes frustration occurs at going unappreciated or unacknowledged.

  * e.g.,  ... 1)-"Where were you Saturday?" 

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2: However, many people volunteer tirelessly anyway, not wanting or needing any validation or applause for what they do.

  * e.g.,  ... -"I was volunteering... tutoring little kids in math." 

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3: 2)What many high school students are forced into doing in order to graduate. (In many schools you must log a certain number of volunteer hours to recieve your diploma.)

  * e.g.,  ... -"Wasn't it lame?" 

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1: people volunteer at church, school or community for many reasons: mostly because they want to help and be involved, but there are other reasons, too.

  * e.g.,  ... People here look strange at you, if you don't volunteer in some way. 

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2: In some areas, like school and church, there's a significant social pressure to volunteer, it's frowned upon not to do it. So some people do it for that reason - just to keep or gain a good reputation. Some schools require their student's parents to volunteer a certain amount of hours or to pay additional tuition.

  * e.g.,  ... Volunteering is fun. You can help others and meet new interesting people at the same time. 

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3: Other people volunteer to meet new people, like after relocating from another city.

  * e.g.,  ... I'm divorced and my children are grown up and live on the other side of the country. So I volunteer to have something to do. 

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4: People volunteer, because they feel the obligation to do it, or the passion.

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5: Others again volunteer to fill a void in their lifes.

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6: There are many reasons to volunteer, and many ways to do so.

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1: An activity motivated by one's own enthusiasm and passion. It can be something that lasts a few minutes or a lifetime, but importantly always involves an individual interacting with the people around them (online or offline).

  * e.g.,  ... Wow, that website Urban Dictionary has developed thanks to the enthusiastic acts of many, many people volunteering their time- some great, some not so great. 

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1: Something stupid people do to feel better about themselves due to chronic low self-esteem problems as well as religious idiocy.

  * e.g.,  ... Mary is an idiot for volunteering because she could be sleeping or getting paid, or doing both at the same time. 

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1: Someone who helps to do work without pay.

  * e.g.,  ... If the volunteers at urban dictionary don't fucking post this they deserve to die in a hole. 

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1: What you do when you get arrested

  * e.g.,  ... Attorney: if you don't want to go on probation, you had better get your 24 hours of volunteering done. I recommend seniors and the latino employment fair. 

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1: What happens to you when your boss forces you to volunteer for something

  * e.g.,  ... "I hate my job. My boss totally volunteered me to do the budget" 

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1: Some 8 year old who randomly presses “don’t add” on your Urban Dictionary definition

  * e.g.,  ... That volunteer didn’t even read my definition 

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1: Being forced to do something you don't want to do, on your own time, without any compensation, because some one can force you to do it. A form of forced labor,or slavery.

  * e.g.,  ... They want us to do work for free, that they would have to pay outside contractors to do, and they call it volunteer service. I call it screwing the help, but I'll do it because I need this job. 

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1: To perform or offer to perform a service of one's own free will. This action can be with or without compensation.

  * e.g.,  ... I will volunteer to help fascilitate a presentation at my favorite conference for the benefit of reduced registration costs.