The Collaborative International Dictionary
Volunteer \Vol`un*teer"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Volunteered; p. pr. & vb. n. Volunteering.] To offer or bestow voluntarily, or without solicitation or compulsion; as, to volunteer one's services.
Wiktionary
n. The act of volunteering; the action of the verb ''volunteer'' vb. (present participle of volunteer English)
Wikipedia
Volunteering is generally considered an altruistic activity where an individual or group provides services for no financial gain. Volunteering is also renowned for skill development, and is often intended to promote goodness or to improve human quality of life. Volunteering may have positive benefits for the volunteer as well as for the person or community served. It is also intended to make contacts for possible employment. Many volunteers are specifically trained in the areas they work, such as medicine, education, or emergency rescue. Others serve on an as-needed basis, such as in response to a natural disaster.
Usage examples of "volunteering".
And yet again, he who dissuades one man from volunteering, or induces one soldier to desert, weakens the Union cause as much as he who kills a Union soldier in battle.
Souls will fare better if they think of volunteering as a kind of bartering arrangement.
She gave Henry Forster a cool look and cursed herself for volunteering that information to Paige Price the night before.
Ursula was being very understanding about his volunteering to go with Falkenberg, and while Lysander appreciated that, it was getting a bit hard to take.
She was volunteering, and she had the slightly bitter self-accusatory air of a veteran cursing himself as he volunteered for something he knew was stupid.
By June men of military age who had no intention of volunteering were slipping north, out of Virginia, secretly moving to avoid dragnets.
An increasing number of the burghers were volunteering for service against their own people, and it was found that all fears as to this delicate experiment were misplaced, and that in the whole army there were no keener and more loyal soldiers.
He wanted to know if I was thinking of volunteering Charley Galloway to fly the mission.
Life is tough enough as it is without me almost volunteering to stick my neck out to look for a bunch of westerners.
Commander in Chief, Pacific, permit me to thank you for volunteering for this mission.
Charley, has decided to salvage his fucked-up career by volunteering for this idiotic operation.
Jim Weston was a really nice guy, even if he, like Williamson, was obviously out of his mind for volunteering for an idiot mission like this one.
The admiral commanding Memphis NAS placed me under arrest, had me hauled before him, and offered me my choice of volunteering for this, or a court-martial.
Wheeler described in detail his plans for the Church of the Living Christ, and he urged everyone to assist in raising funds and volunteering time to help complete this project, this project that would forever change the course of human destiny.
The fire lit up a full half of the block, and in its glow Sue could see their neighbors standing in front of their own houses, watching, waiting--not volunteering to help.