Volunteer | Mean of volunteer in English Dictionary

/ˌvɑːlənˈtiɚ/

• Noun
• someone who does something without being forced to do it: such as
• a person who chooses to join the military
• a person who does work without getting paid to do it
1. Volunteers are needed to help with the bake sale.
2. The school was built by volunteers.
• Verb

• to offer to do something without being forced to or without getting paid to do it
1. I volunteered to do the job. = I volunteered for the job.
• to choose to join the military
1. Our son volunteered for military service.
• to give (something) without being forced to or without getting paid for it
1. I volunteered my services.
2. He would not volunteer any information about her whereabouts.
• to say that someone will do something without asking if he or she wants to do it
1. I just found out that Mom volunteered me to babysit. [=that Mom said I would babysit without asking me if I wanted to]
• of, relating to, or done by volunteers
1. a volunteer army/organization
2. volunteer work