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Singular
volunteer

Plural
volunteers

  1. A volunteer is someone who does work because they want to, without being paid.
    We have one paid manager and five volunteers working on this project.

Verb change

Plain form
volunteer

Third-person singular
volunteers

Past tense
volunteered

Past participle
volunteered

Present participle
volunteering

  1. To do something voluntarily--to do it without being offered something in exchange
    I volunteered to do the dishes after dinner to help my mom clean up.
    Julie volunteered an explanation without even being asked.