volume
noun/ˈvɑːljəm/
Слово англійською: volume
Переклад volume українською: обсяг
Детальний опис
- [uncountable, countable] the amount of space that an object or a substance fills; the amount of space that a container has
- volume of something 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.
- [uncountable, countable] the amount of something
- volume 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.
- [uncountable] the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc.
- to turn the volume up/down
- at a volume 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.
- [countable] (abbreviation vol.)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
- [countable] (formal) a book
- a library of over 50 000 volumes
- She published her first book, a slim volume of poetry, at the age of sixteen.
- [countable] (abbreviation vol.)a series of different issues of the same magazine, especially all the issues for one year
- ‘New Scientist’ volume 142, number 3
Word Originlate 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).
Idioms
speak volumes (about/for something/somebody)
- 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.