volunteers
Sayvol-uhn-TEERZ/vɑlənˈtɪɹz/UK/vɒlənˈtɪəz/
- 1Plural of volunteer.
Dozens of volunteers showed up to sandbag the riverbank before the flood.
The festival relies on volunteers to staff the entrance gates each year.
Note
A regular plural, formed with -s, that takes plural verbs and quantifiers: several volunteers, both volunteers, the volunteers were tired. It carries every meaning of the singular, so context does the sorting. Volunteers in a garden are self-sown plants. Volunteers in an army chose to serve rather than being conscripted. Volunteers can also be people from Tennessee.
volunteers is a form of volunteer
volunteer, noun: A person who freely offers to take on a task or service, often without pay. Full entry
- Forms
- volunteervolunteers plural
- Spelling
- volunteer → volunteers: add -s
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