volume
358
3.9
- noun
- /ˈvɑːl.juːm/
:
volumen
- Due to high call volume, we are currently unable to answer every call.
- high volume
- large volume
- increased volume
What's interesting is that volume negates luck.
- What's interesting is that volume negates luck.
- And what's your what's your volume like a day or a week?
- You do get discounts as you increase in volume per particular ingredient.
- And there's the, the volume of people now coming forward.
- But we've just done it through just like sheer volume, sheer scale.
- And I like to add some volume to the top right here.
- And it will actually show you how much volume is behind that topic.
- So it's just been great for length, great for volume, great for just deep dark lashes.
- And he, he, he just wrote volumes and volumes of, of stuff.
- So this is their, their volume is by numbers.
- So I think this is a good volume to have.
- I value the volume over the debate.
- Bouncy cows got the volume, got the volume that I don't usually get.
Examples
-
There simply wasn't enough volume for their lungs to inflate.
-
Constraining the review depth may require limiting the volume of included studies or data analysis.
Academic text (2013) -
--the economy kept trading volume below average today, and stocks--
-
The study of a living, active brain would tell us volumes.
-
Many projects like this are bid on gross estimates of material volume and local information available.
Academic text (1999) -
Preference-sensitive care is generally viewed as a problem involving excessive volume of care episodes.
Academic text (2017) -
Due to high call volume, we are currently unable to answer every call.
-
Federal agencies have told Congress they have a large volume of rules to implement.
-
The difference reached a peak at 9:58 a.m., when the volume was six times greater.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
How big something is, for example clothes or shoes
661
2.6
The size or level of something compared with others
333
2.2
The maximum amount something can hold or store
179
1.6
An amount of something you can measure or count
71
2.7
A large collection of things often including people
55
3.5
The area or distance something covers
41
2.5
How big or heavy something is
8
6.6
A very large amount of something
Compounds
- Specialized
1
3.9
The total amount of money from sales or trades in US dollars over a period
- Specialized
A process in which the space a gas takes stays the same while pressure or temperature change
- Specialized
A bomb that spreads fuel into the air and then sets it on fire to make a very large explosion
- Specialized
A unit used to measure how much space something takes, like a cup or liter
How Much
Surface Forms
Etymology
Volume comes from Latin volumen, from volvere 'to roll', and it grew to mean an 'amount' or 'bulk'. That is why we use volume for a large amount or size of something, for example a high 'volume' of traffic or sales.