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Meaning of volume in English

volume
noun
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 a 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.

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).

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
(Definition of volume from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

volume | American Dictionary

volume
noun
us/ˈvɑl·jəm, -jum/

volume noun (SPACE)

[ C/U ]
an amount of space having length, height, and width:
[ C ] You need a big air conditioner to cool a large volume of space.
[ U ] About 8 percent of the total volume of garbage is plastic packaging.

volume noun (AMOUNT)

[ C usually sing ]
the number or amount of something having a lot of units or parts:
The main difficulty with teaching is the sheer volume of work.
The system could not handle the volume of electronic mail.
We are looking for a high volume of sales.

volume noun (SOUND LEVEL)

[ 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.

volume noun (BOOK)

[ C ]
a book, esp. one book in a set of related books:
a slim volume of poetry
I’m missing the last volume of the set.
(Definition of volume from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

volume | Business English

volume
uk/ˈvɒljuːm/ us(abbreviation vol.)
the amount of space that is contained within an object, or that is filled by an object or substance:
What is the volume of the fuel tank?
the total number or amount of something:
The helpline could not handle the volume of calls from people having problems.
by volume The company is now the number one swimwear retailer by volume.
Imports of consumer goods have risen in volume by 10%.
Retail sales volumes rose by 5.4% in the year to May in Sweden.
STOCK MARKET
the total number of shares that are bought or sold on a stock market within a particular period of time:
Trading volume totaled more than 2.8 million shares.
The average daily volume has been 700,860 shares a day for the past three months.
heavy/light/moderate volume There could be volatility before year-end due to light volume.
in volume
They will not begin manufacturing the laptop in volume unless they have firm commitments from buyers.
The company will begin shipping in volume next month.
(Definition of volume from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of volume

volume
The project is intended to be comprised of four volumes.
With at least forty-nine volumes in print the achievement is immense.
There is evidence that low volumes of specialized services, as frequently occurs in rural hospitals, may result in poorer outcomes.
Promotility agents should be considered in patients with high gastric residual volumes.
Although the recirculation design may suggest that the neutrophils pass over the cell monolayer several times, the volumes and perfusion rates suggest otherwise.
If feldspar is present, it is in minor volumes or traces.
An additional and severe problem is that the volumes of data which are already collected are huge by the standards of only a decade ago.
The volume's use to readers new to this subject would also have benefited from the inclusion of a unified bibliography and index.
Second, neuroimaging may indicate that overall brain volumes are decreased in these infants.
Statistical analyses must therefore account for these scaling effects when comparing brain volumes across men and women or across age groups.
Although they are companion volumes, these two books can be used quite independently of each other.
Meantime, we are using every computer device and advance that will speed completion of the five volumes.
The volume's structure coherently reflects its authors' focus on social factors.
Several similar volumes have been dated to the mid-sixteenth-century by their repertory and by dates inscribed on banderoles within their initial capitals.
Thirteen chapters cover taxonomy and distribution, production volumes, ecology and agronomy, harvesting, processing, economics and marketing.
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Collocations with volume

volume

These are words often used in combination with volume.

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average volume
Within an individual embryo, the average volume density represents summary counts from micrographs for that embryo.
bound volume
The rescript may date to 1862-1864, given its location in the bound volume.
cell volume
Blood volume was derived from red cell volume and haematocrit values.
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Translations of volume

in Chinese (Traditional)
數量, 容積, 體積…
in Chinese (Simplified)
数量, 容积, 体积…
in Spanish
volumen, tomo, volumen [masculine…
in Portuguese
volume, tomo, volume [masculine]…
आकारमान, घनफळ, एकंदर संख्या अथवा एकूण पसारा…
音量, ボリューム, 容積…
ses ayarı/seviyesi, yüklü sayı/miktar, hacim…
volume [masculine], quantité [feminine], volume…
volum…
boekdeel, deel, inhoud…
ஒரு பொருள் அல்லது திட வடிவத்திற்குள் இருக்கும் இடத்தின் அளவு, பொதுவாக ஏதாவது எண்ணிக்கை அல்லது அளவு, ஒரு தொலைக்காட்சி…
आयतन, परिमाण, किसी चीज की संख्या या मात्रा…
વોલ્યુમ, આયતન, પ્રબળતા…
bind, omfang, mængde…
volym, band, del…
buku, jilid, isi padu…
der Band, das Volumen, die Masse…
volum [neuter], lydstyrke [masculine], rominnhold [neuter]…
حجم, جسامت, مقدار…
книга, том, об'єм…
ఘన వైశాల్యం, పరిమాణం, దేనిదైనా సంఖ్య లేక పరిమాణం…
আয়তন, পরিমাণ, টেলিভিশন…
svazek, díl, objem…
buku, jilid, isi…
หนังสือ, ชุดหนังสือ, ปริมาตร…
quyển, cuốn sách, tập…
głośność, wielkość, rozmiar…
소리, 양, 권…
volume…
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