volunteering

3 definitions • 6 examples

present participle of

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:

[ + to infinitive ] During the emergency many staff volunteered to work through the weekend.

He volunteered for the army (= he joined even though he did not have to).

I volunteered myself for the position of Health and Safety Representative.

humorous My friends volunteered me to do the talking.

to give information without being asked:

If I were you, I wouldn't volunteer any details of what happened.

[ + speech ] "I saw her going out of the main entrance half an hour ago," he volunteered.