volume
a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
one book of a related set or series.
a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.
History/Historical. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript.
the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.
a mass or quantity, especially a large quantity, of something: a volume of mail.
amount; total: the volume of sales.
the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness: to turn up the volume on a radio.
fullness or quantity of tone.
Idioms about volume
speak volumes,
to be very evident or significant: Her testimony spoke volumes.
to be expressive or meaningful: Your eyes speak volumes.
Origin of volume
1synonym study For volume
Words Nearby volume
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How to use volume in a sentence
The books in the study include a set of Shaw's plays with the first volume inscribed to Hitchcock from GBS.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe Met is noteworthy not only for its house size, however, but for the sheer volume of its season.
Tragically, Cary did not live to complete the second volume, and in 2000 I began work in earnest on this book.
Several commentators have written off the entire midterms because of the volume of attacks and deepening partisanship.
What Al Franken’s Normcore Senate Race Can Teach Other Democrats | Ana Marie Cox | October 27, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis book is essentially volume two of that biography; Leverich, who died in 1999, asked Lahr to continue his work.
John Lahr’s Biography Perfectly Captures Tennessee Williams’ Tortured Greatness | Wendy Smith | September 25, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture | Jessie Eldridge SouthwickThe improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockThis gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
The increased volume of the supply thus produced inevitably forces down the price till it sinks to the point of cost.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for volume
/ (ˈvɒljuːm) /
the magnitude of the three-dimensional space enclosed within or occupied by an object, geometric solid, etc: Symbol: V
a large mass or quantity: the volume of protest
an amount or total: the volume of exports
fullness or intensity of tone or sound
the control on a radio, etc, for adjusting the intensity of sound
a bound collection of printed or written pages; book
any of several books either bound in an identical format or part of a series
the complete set of issues of a periodical over a specified period, esp one year
history a roll or scroll of parchment, papyrus, etc
speak volumes to convey much significant information
Origin of volume
1- Abbreviations (for senses 6–8): v, vol
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Scientific definitions for volume
[ vŏl′yōōm ]
The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.
A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.
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Cultural definitions for volume
In mathematics, the amount of space occupied by an object measured in three dimensions, expressed in cubic units. In physics, the loudness of a sound.
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Other Idioms and Phrases with volume
see speak volumes.
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