multivolume

[ muhl-tee-vol-yoom, muhl-tahy- ]

/ ˌmʌl tiˈvɒl yum, ˌmʌl taɪ- /

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consisting of or encompassing several volumes: a multivolume encyclopedia.

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Question 1 of 7

The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.

First recorded in 1935–40; multi- + volume

Neither could her three-week, multi-thousand dollar stay, which was supposed to be a recovery period.
The Insurance Company Promised a Gender Reassignment. Then They Made a Mistake.|James Joiner|December 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
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|DAILY BEAST
The Hazard gang is a multi-generational gang based in the East Los Angeles area.
The Mexican Mafia Is the Daddy of All Street Gangs|Seth Ferranti|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
If the Sinterklaas helpers were multi-racial, that would help.
Dutch Try to Save Santa’s Slave|Nadette De Visser|December 2, 2014|DAILY BEAST

Of course, there are now multi-billion-dollar organizations dedicated to Christian politics.
Dear Evangelicals: You’re Being Had|Jay Michaelson|November 30, 2014|DAILY BEAST
We prefer the American volume of Hochelaga to the Canadian one, although both are highly interesting.
Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Volume 60, No. 372, October 1846|Various
Other things being equal, the volume of voice used measures the value that the mind puts upon the thought.
Expressive Voice Culture|Jessie Eldridge Southwick
The improvement of transport still further swelled the volume of production.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice|Stephen Leacock
This gives to the second volume something of the smell of an apple store-room.
Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 107, November 3, 1894|Various
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