volunteered
- 1Simple past and past participle of volunteer.
He volunteered for the night shift when no one else would.
Several neighbors volunteered to rebuild the playground after the storm.
Note
One regular -ed form serves as both the past tense and the participle, so had volunteered, was volunteered and plain volunteered all look alike. The passive deserves attention. Someone who was volunteered did not offer at all: another person offered their services for them, an informal use. Gardeners have their own sense of the word, too. Tomatoes that volunteered came up without anyone sowing them.
She was volunteered to organize the party before she could object.
Squash volunteered in the compost heap this spring.
volunteered is a form of volunteer
volunteer, verb: To offer to do something of your own free will. Full entry
- Forms
- volunteervolunteers he/she/itvolunteering -ing formvolunteered past tense, past participle
- Spelling
- volunteer → volunteered: add -ed
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