volumes
Meaning of volumes
plural noun
- a book forming part of a work or series.
a biography of George Bernard Shaw in three volumes
a four-volume work
- the amount of space that a substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within a container.
the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater
- quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness.
he turned the volume up on the radio
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 volume (sense 2).
Information about volumes
- It is a name.
- The singular form of volumes is: volume.
- Languages in which volumes is used:
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GalicianHyphenation of volumes
vol-umes
- It consists of 2 syllables and 7 chars.
- volumes is a word disyllabic because it has two syllables
volumes synonyms
Meaning the maximum amount that something can contain:
Meaning the relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is:
Meaning size:
Meaning a large body of matter with no definite shape:
Meaning the mass or size of something large:
Meaning the area covered by something:
Meaning a measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height:
Meaning a part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole:
Meaning the size, length, or amount of something, as established by measuring:
Meaning vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear:
Meaning the process of increasing the volume of sound, especially using an amplifier:
Words that rhyme with volumes
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