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# volunteer

noun (a volunteer, volunteers); verb (volunteer, volunteers, volunteered, volunteering)

«volunteer» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. A volunteer is someone who does a job without being paid, because they want to help. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#m1)
2. A volunteer is someone who offers to do something nobody forced them to do. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#m2)
3. To volunteer is to offer to do something, or to work without pay. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#m3)
4. To volunteer information is to tell it without being asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#m4)

### In the lessons

In everyday life volunteers help at charity shops, food banks, beach clean-ups and sports clubs. In class, a teacher asks «Any volunteers?» and you put your hand up. Phrases: volunteer for, volunteer to, any volunteers, volunteer work, charity volunteer.

### Examples

- Can I have a volunteer to hand out the books? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x1)
- My mum volunteers at the food bank every Saturday. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x2)
- She volunteered to read her poem aloud. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x3)
- Twenty volunteers picked up litter on the beach. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x4)
- Volunteers at the animal shelter walk the dogs. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x5)
- Each of 12 volunteers worked 3 hours, so they gave 36 hours in all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x6)
- He volunteered the answer before anyone asked. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x7)
- The king then promised a large reward to the soldier who would volunteer for the post. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/#x8)

### Note

Both a noun and a regular verb. The adjective is «voluntary» (done by choice or unpaid). Volunteers do not get paid, so in a maths problem their work costs nothing.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «volunteer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/volunteer/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«volunteer» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/volunteer.html) on Mova free.