Volume - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˈvɑːljuːm|  American pronunciation of the word volume
Brit.  |ˈvɒljuːm|  British pronunciation of the word volume

noun

- the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
the gas expanded to twice its original volume
- the property of something that is great in magnitude (syn: bulk, mass)
the volume of exports
- physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together (syn: book)
- a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
the third volume was missing
he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review
- a relative amount
mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water
- the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction) (syn: intensity, loudness)
the kids played their music at full volume

Extra examples

The volume is too loud.

Can you turn the volume up?

She fiddled with the volume on the stereo.

Huge volumes of park visitors come through every weekend.

The box has a volume of three cubic meters.

We measure the items by weight, not by volume.

Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced.

The volume of traffic on the roads has increased dramatically in recent years.

The volume of the container measures 10,000 cubic metres.

The period from 1940-45 is in volume 9.

The volume of the container is 100 cubic meters.

Would you turn the volume up a little? I can't hear.

He controlled the volume by turning the radio's knob.

I adjusted the volume on the radio.

The volume is adjustable in 10 equal increments.

Word forms

noun
singular: volume
plural: volumes
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