Definition
to volunteer: to offer one's services without expecting payment
Luna volunteers for many environmental organizations.
Thank you for volunteering your help this weekend.
volunteer: a charity worker (unpaid); without payment
Pronunciation examples
UK: In my free time, I enjoy volunteering at the animal centre.
US: I need a volunteer to wash my car.
- "Please go to Horatio's laboratory at 6pm where you will be joined by fellow "volunteers", Hannah Benedict (Head of Retail) and Edward Moon (British intern)."
- "Don't forget, you've volunteered to give blood tomorrow."
- "Please go to Horatio's laboratory at 6pm this evening, where you will be joined by fellow "volunteers", Hannah Benedict (Head of Retail) and Edward Moon (British intern)."
- "A two year volunteer program to help rehabilitate convalescent marine mammals"
- "It's true that Stickypedia is maintained by anonymous volunteers rather than renowned experts, but despite this, it works remarkably well!"
- "Polly has the product specifications from our Mid-West distributors, and Philip has volunteered to shoulder the responsibility of taking care of my contacts here in the Bay."
- "Mr. Delavigne, your good friend Mr. Cheeter has volunteered you, so please don't be shy."
- "We need to do something about the volunteer test monkeys as well."
- "A luscious female monkey by the name of Belinda, volunteer for an anti-aging cream that is being tested in the laboratory."
- "One of the older monkeys, Belinda, has volunteered."
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