noun
1 amount of space
ADJECTIVE
▪ total
▪
the total ~ of the containers
▪ interior , internal
VERB + VOLUME
▪ calculate , measure
PREPOSITION
▪ by ~
▪
They sell screws and nails by ~.
▪ in ~
▪
two gallons in ~
2 quantity of sth
ADJECTIVE
▪ sheer
▪
The sheer ~ of fiction produced is staggering.
▪ considerable , enormous , great , heavy , high , huge , large , substantial , vast
▪ increased
▪ increasing
▪ low , small
▪ decreased , reduced
▪ overall
▪ production , sales
▪ traffic
VERB + VOLUME
▪ increase
▪ decrease , reduce
▪ double in , grow in , increase in , rise in
▪
Sales have doubled in ~.
▪ decrease in , fall in
▪ determine , estimate
VOLUME + VERB
▪ double , grow , increase , rise
▪
Sales ~ has doubled since 1999.
▪ decrease , fall
▪ exceed sth
3 strength of sound that sth makes
ADJECTIVE
▪ high , loud
▪ full , maximum
▪ low
VERB + VOLUME
▪ increase , turn up
▪ decrease , lower , turn down
▪ grow in , increase in , rise in
▪ decrease in , fall in
VOLUME + NOUN
▪ control , dial , knob , setting
▪
the ~ control on the television
PREPOSITION
▪ at … ~
▪
The car stereo was on at full ~.
▪ ~ on
▪
the ~ on the stereo
4 book
ADJECTIVE
▪ bound , leather-bound
▪
a library full of bound ~s
▪ companion
▪
a companion ~ to the one on African wildlife
▪ rare
▪
Only a library would have this rare ~.
▪ huge , large , massive , substantial , thick
▪ slender , slim , small
▪ handsome
▪ dusty
▪ old
▪ single
▪ separate
▪ edited
▪ published
▪ first , second , etc.
▪ final
▪ forthcoming
… OF VOLUMES
▪ series
VERB + VOLUME
▪ edit , illustrate , publish , write
▪ read
PREPOSITION
▪ in a/the ~
▪
Her poems are now available in a single ~.
▪ ~ of
▪
a ~ of short stories
▪ ~ on
▪
a ~ on ancient history
PHRASES
▪ run to five, several, etc. ~s
▪
The encyclopedia is a huge work, running to 20 ~s.