VOLUME


Meaning of VOLUME in English

(~s)

Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English.

1.

The ~ of something is the amount of it that there is.

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

...the sheer ~ of traffic and accidents.

N-COUNT: usu sing, usu N of n

2.

The ~ of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies.

When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original ~.

N-COUNT: usu sing

3.

A ~ is a book. (FORMAL)

...a 125-page ~.

N-COUNT

4.

A ~ is one book in a series of books.

...the first ~ of his autobiography.

N-COUNT: usu supp N

5.

A ~ is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year.

...bound ~s of the magazine.

N-COUNT: usu with supp

6.

The ~ of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces.

He turned down the ~...

He came to complain about the ~ of the music.

N-UNCOUNT

7.

If something such as an action speaks ~s about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them.

What you wear speaks ~s about you...

PHRASE: V inflects, oft PHR about n

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