0 past simple and past participle of volunteer --
1 to offer to do something that you do not have to do, often without having been asked to do it and/or without expecting payment: --
[ + speech ] "I saw her going out of the main entrance half an hour ago," he volunteered.
If I were you, I wouldn't volunteer any details of what happened.
I volunteered myself for the position of Health and Safety Representative.
He volunteered for the army (= he joined even though he did not have to).
[ + to infinitive ] During the emergency many staff volunteered to work through the weekend.
Also, since the hunters have volunteered to participate, they can expect that all hunters cooperate.
The growers requested and participated in a yield survey of those profiles deemed of interest, and volunteered information to validate the use of these profiles.
Those who volunteered these entries noted them as an important indicator of significant, life-changing events in their past.
Thirty-seven cancer-stricken patients, 78 caregivers, and 128 participants from the general population volunteered to partake in the study.
Many students, particularly in primary school, volunteered this information and then randomly assigned these caps to colors or grays.
All subjects volunteered to take part in a family planning attitudes project.
The parents of two infants volunteered that their great distress was 'because of the severity of our son's problem, not the way it was explained'.
The word ' selfish ' was frequently volunteered by the widows, when describing their lives now, as opposed to when they were married.
