volumenoun
uk/ˈvɒl.juːm/us/ˈvɑːl.juːm/volume noun (AMOUNT)
[ C or U ] the amount of space that is contained within an object or solid shape:
Which of these bottles do you think has the greater volume?
B2 [ U ] the number or amount of something in general:
It's the sheer volume of traffic in the city that is causing the problems.
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- One box may look bigger than the other, but in fact they are roughly equal in volume.
- Local activist groups have become increasingly vociferous as the volume of traffic passing through the village has grown.
- What is the volume of the water tank?
- I think this pan has a larger volume than yours.
- The transport system can't cope with the volume of passengers.
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General words for size and amount
- -sized
- a whole lot idiom
- amount
- bulk
- content
- degree
- element
- flow
- load
- measure
- number
- part
- quantity
- quota
- ration
- scale
- size
- small-scale
- strength
- take
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Mass, area, weight & volume in general
volume noun (SOUND LEVEL)
B1 [ U ] the level of sound produced by a television, radio, etc., or the switch or other device controlling this:
Could you turn the volume down, please, I'm trying to sleep.
I'll turn it up if you tell me which one is the volume (= switch).
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- Turn the little knob to adjust the volume.
- We told them to crank up the volume.
- The volume of music from the club has caused complaints.
- They try to make up for their lack of musical talent by sheer volume.
- The music will sound better if you adjust the volume of the bass.
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Communications - general words
- broadband
- buzz
- cable
- caller ID
- communication
- constructive interference
- cybernetics
- dead zone
- destructive interference
- Entryphone
- fibre optics
- fibre-optic cable
- interference
- microwave
- multimedia
- optical fibre
- pick sth up
- relay
- smart card
- telegraph
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volume noun (BOOK)
C2 [ C ] one in a set of related books:
The second volume of his memoirs will be published later this year.
C2 [ C ] formal a book:
She took a slim volume down from the shelf.
a volume of poetry
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- He lifted a fat volume down from the shelf.
- Waugh's first volume of memoirs dealt with his childhood and youth.
- He penetrates deeper into the artist's life in the second volume of his autobiography.
- She picked up a thick volume and began to read out loud.
- This is the eighth volume in the series, which totals 21 volumes in all.
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Books: kinds of books
- abridge
- annual
- anthology
- audiobook
- autobiography
- backlist
- bestiary
- crammer
- digest
- e-reader
- exercise book
- fiction
- flipback
- glossy
- novelette
- novella
- page-turner
- paperback
- photo album
- travelogue
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