volunteer
noun
a person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
volunteered
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past participleof volunteer.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof volunteer.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
volunteernouna person who voluntarily offers to perform a service or other undertaking.
Example Sentences
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Locals have volunteered to scour for rare bats in the woods in the hope of blocking the development on environmental grounds.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 16, 2026
He soon volunteered to join the regular army and sailed for Canada in 1809, where he entered the 41st Regiment of Foot.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 7, 2026
He volunteered for military service during World War II and, with an affinity for math, served as a navigator on a B-17 bomber that saw heavy action.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
D'Wit had been viewed by people living on Mersea Island as a pillar of the close-knit community, having volunteered at a soup kitchen and helped with the town carnival.
From BBC ● Aug. 21, 2026
His uneasiness increasing instead of subsiding, after a quarter of an hour’s consideration, he set off for the coach-office with Startop, who volunteered his company, to make inquiry when the next coach went down.
From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens
