donor
- 01 B2 Upper Intermediate
a person or organisation that gives money, food, or clothes to help others, or someone who gives blood or an organ to a hospital.
an individual or entity that contributes money, goods, or biological material (such as blood or organs) to a recipient or institution.
Simple“The charity thanked every donor who gave money to the new school project.”
In context“The hospital launched an urgent appeal for blood donors to ensure they had enough supplies for the upcoming holiday weekend.”
Synonyms - 02 C1 Advanced
a molecule or group of atoms that gives a part of itself to another during a chemical reaction.
an atom, molecule, or ion that provides a particle (such as an electron or proton) to an acceptor during a chemical process.
Simple“In this reaction, the first molecule acts as the electron donor.”
In context“The efficiency of the solar cell depends on how effectively the electron donor transfers its charge to the acceptor material.”
Antonyms - 03 C1 Advanced
an old machine or car used to provide parts to fix a better one.
an object, often a vehicle or electronic device, that is sacrificed to provide functional components for the repair of another unit.
Simple“He bought a cheap donor car just to get the engine for his project.”
In context“The technician kept several broken laptops in the back room to serve as donors for screens and keyboards.”
“Susan Ferguson, UN Women’s special representative in Afghanistan, appealed to donor countries on Friday not to cut funding for women’s programmes, saying to do so would only deepen the suffering of Afghan women.”
“At some collection points in Cali, people eventually began asking donors to stop sending certain items and redirect help to places where it was more urgently needed.”
From Middle English donoure, donour; from Anglo-Norman donour, from Old French doneur (See French donneur).
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.