Volume Amount Extra Examples Sheer Sales Library Noun

• how do you measure the volume of a gas?
• in the experiment, lighted candles were put under jars of different volumes.
• patients showed an improvement in lung volume.
• wait until the dough doubles in volume before kneading it again.

volume

1. the amount of space that an object or a substance fills; the amount of space that a container has
• How do you measure the volume of a gas?
• In the experiment, lighted candles were put under jars of different volumes.
• Patients showed an improvement in lung volume.
• Wait until the dough doubles in volume before kneading it again.

Extra Examples

• They sell screws and nails by volume.
• the total volume of the containers
• two gallons in volume
• The volume of the ocean basins has fluctuated over time.
• What volume of water would be needed to fill the aquarium?
2. the amount of something
• the sheer volume (= large amount) of business
• New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic.
• Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June.
• The total volume of exports fell by 14.5 per cent.
• an attempt to increase the volume of trade
• powerful computers that can handle large volumes of data
• This work has grown in volume recently.
• Due to the volume of mail Mary receives, she may not be able to respond to individual inquiries.

Extra Examples

• We were attracting a volume of business that, frankly, we could not handle.
• We had to work hard to keep up with the sheer volume of business.
• These cars are still being produced, but in much smaller volumes than before.
• The paperwork has grown in volume recently.
• New roads are being built to cope with the high volumes of traffic.
• He managed to get through a considerable volume of work.
• The sheer volume of fiction produced is staggering.
• Sales volume has doubled since 1999.
• Sales have doubled in volume.
3. the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc.
• to turn the volume up/down
• This music is best played at very high volume.
• The song has been recorded at a low volume.
• He adjusted the volume on his phone.

Extra Examples

• The car stereo was on at full volume.
• the volume control on the television
• Make sure the volume control is in the middle between the ‘low’ and ‘high’ settings.
• Move the slider upwards to increase the volume level.
• She turned down the volume on the car stereo.
4. a book that is part of a series of books
• an encyclopedia in 20 volumes
• The encyclopedia is a huge work, running to 20 volumes.
• a companion volume to the one on African wildlife
5. a book
• a library of over 50 000 volumes
• She published her first book, a slim volume of poetry, at the age of sixteen.

Extra Examples

• Her poems are now available in a single volume.
• Only a library would have this rare volume.
• a forty-page, glossy volume about the company's products
• a library full of bound volumes
• a volume of short stories
• a volume on ancient history
• a slim/thick volume
6. a series of different issues of the same magazine, especially all the issues for one year
• ‘New Scientist’ volume 142, number 3
7. to tell you a lot about something/somebody, without the need for words
• His achievement speaks volumes for his determination.
• What you wear speaks volumes about you.

Word Origin

• late Middle English (originally denoting a roll of parchment containing written matter): from Old French volum(e), from Latin volumen, volumin- ‘a roll’, from volvere ‘to roll’. An obsolete meaning ‘size or extent (of a book)’ gave rise to senses (1) and (2).