volunteer

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person who offers to do something, often without being paid.

   The volunteers meet every Sunday to help at the nature reserve.

2. 2
   verb

   To offer to do something willingly.

   I volunteered to drive our guests home.

3. 3
   verb

   To offer information without being asked.

   She volunteered an explanation before anyone could ask.

4. 4
   verb

   To offer someone else's services for a task.

   My sister volunteered me to do the dishes.

Borrowed from Middle French voluntaire, from Latin voluntārius (“willing, voluntary”); or from voluntary + -eer.

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