Definition of VSO - Reverso English Dictionary

Acronym

acr: Voluntary Service Overseas

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organization sending volunteers to help abroad

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She joined VSO to teach in Africa.

Voluntary Service Overseas

acr: verb-subject-object

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way to arrange words in a sentence

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Examples of VSO in a sentence

Many students take a gap year with VSO.
In Welsh, VSO is a common sentence structure.
VSO order can be challenging for English speakers.

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French:organisation de volontariat international, VSO, ...
German:VSO, ...
Italian:VSO, ordine verbo-soggetto-oggetto, ...
Spanish:organización de voluntariado internacional VSO, VSO, ...
Portuguese:VSF, VSO, ...
Chinese:海外志愿服务组织, 动词主语宾语语序, ...
Japanese:海外ボランティア, 動詞-主語-目的語, ...
Arabic:خدمة المتطوعين في الخارج, ترتيب فعل فاعل مفعول به, ...
Hebrew:אִרְגוּן הִתְנַדְּבוּת בֵּין לְאוּמִּי, סֵדֶר פֹּעַל-נוֹשֵׂא-מוּשָׁא, ...
Russian:ВСО, ГСП, ...
Ukrainian:ВСО, VSO, ...
Hindi:विदेशी स्वयंसेवी सेवा संगठन, क्रिया-कर्ता-कर्म, ...
Bengali:বিদেশে স্বেচ্ছাসেবী সেবা সংস্থা, ক্রিয়া-কর্তা-কর্ম, ...
Catalan:VSO, ...
Czech:organizace vysílající dobrovolníky do zahraničí, pořadí sloveso podmět objekt, ...
Danish:organisation, der sender frivillige til udlandet, VSO, ...
Dutch:VSO, ...
Greek:VSO, Ρ-Υ-Α, ...
Hungarian:Külföldi Önkéntes Szolgálat, ige alany tárgy szórend, ...
Khmer:អង្គការបញ្ជូនអ្នកស្ម័គ្រចិត្តទៅជួយការងារនៅបរទេស, លំដាប់កិរិយាសព្ទ ប្រធាន និងកម្ម, ...
Korean:해외 봉사단, 동사-주어-목적어 어순, ...
Persian:خدمات داوطلبانه برون مرزی, وی‌اس‌او, ...
Polish:VSO, szyk orzeczenie-podmiot-dopełnienie, ...
Portuguese (BR):Serviço Voluntário no Exterior, VSO, ...
Romanian:organizație de voluntariat internațional, verb-subiect-obiect, ...
Swedish:VSO, ...
Thai:อาสาสมัครเพื่อการบริการในต่างประเทศ, VSO, ...
Turkish:yurt dışı gönüllü hizmet kuruluşu, yüklem-özne-nesne dizilişi, ...
Vietnamese:Dịch vụ Tình nguyện Quốc tế, động từ-chủ ngữ-tân ngữ, ...

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