volume

[ vol-yoom, -yuhm ]
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noun
  1. a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.

  2. one book of a related set or series.

  1. a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.

  2. History/Historical. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript.

  3. the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.

  4. a mass or quantity, especially a large quantity, of something: a volume of mail.

  5. amount; total: the volume of sales.

  6. the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness: to turn up the volume on a radio.

  7. fullness or quantity of tone.

Idioms about volume

  1. speak volumes,

    • to be very evident or significant: Her testimony spoke volumes.

    • to be expressive or meaningful: Your eyes speak volumes.

Origin of volume

1
First recorded in 1350–1400; Middle English volum(e), from Middle French, from Latin volūmen “roll (of sheets),” from volū- (base of volvere “to roll, turn, twist”) + -men, noun suffix

synonym study For volume

5. See size1.

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How to use volume in a sentence

British Dictionary definitions for volume

volume

/ (ˈvɒljuːm) /


noun
  1. the magnitude of the three-dimensional space enclosed within or occupied by an object, geometric solid, etc: Symbol: V

  2. a large mass or quantity: the volume of protest

  1. an amount or total: the volume of exports

  2. fullness or intensity of tone or sound

  3. the control on a radio, etc, for adjusting the intensity of sound

  4. a bound collection of printed or written pages; book

  5. any of several books either bound in an identical format or part of a series

  6. the complete set of issues of a periodical over a specified period, esp one year

  7. history a roll or scroll of parchment, papyrus, etc

  8. speak volumes to convey much significant information

Origin of volume

1
C14: from Old French volum, from Latin volūmen a roll, book, from volvere to roll up
  • Abbreviations (for senses 6–8): v, vol

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Scientific definitions for volume

volume

[ vŏlyōōm ]


  1. The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.

  2. A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.

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Cultural definitions for volume

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

volume

see speak volumes.

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