volume
Americannoun
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a collection of written or printed sheets bound together and constituting a book.
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one book of a related set or series.
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a set of issues of a periodical, often covering one year.
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History/Historical. a roll of papyrus, parchment, or the like, or of manuscript.
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the amount of space, measured in cubic units, that an object or substance occupies.
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a mass or quantity, especially a large quantity, of something.
a volume of mail.
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amount; total.
the volume of sales.
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the degree of sound intensity or audibility; loudness.
to turn up the volume on a radio.
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fullness or quantity of tone.
idioms
noun
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V. the magnitude of the three-dimensional space enclosed within or occupied by an object, geometric solid, etc
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a large mass or quantity
the volume of protest
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an amount or total
the volume of exports
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fullness or intensity of tone or sound
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the control on a radio, etc, for adjusting the intensity of sound
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a bound collection of printed or written pages; book
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any of several books either bound in an identical format or part of a series
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the complete set of issues of a periodical over a specified period, esp one year
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history a roll or scroll of parchment, papyrus, etc
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to convey much significant information
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The amount of space occupied by a three-dimensional object or region of space. Volumes are expressed in cubic units.
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A measure of the loudness or intensity of a sound.
Related Words
See size 1.
Etymology
Origin of volume
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
Example Sentences
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To be clear, Google Trends doesn’t show exact volumes of searches.
From MarketWatch
Theo Browne, founder and CEO of the AI startup T3 Chat, told MarketWatch that 16 million exchanges is “really not much,” noting that his business hits that volume of usage most months.
From MarketWatch
The FAA has deemed the airport among its “hotspots” with a high volume of mixed helicopter and airplane traffic.
From Los Angeles Times
Service sales increased in 2024, driven in part by higher volume on F-35 upkeep contracts, the company disclosed in that same annual report.
From MarketWatch
And yet, AI will make it easier for the industry to double down on its biggest appeal: volume.
From BBC
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