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Word: Volume
Speech Type: Noun
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)
ˈvɒljuːm
a book forming part of a work or series
Short Definition:book forming part of work or series
Examples:- 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
Short Definition:amount of space that substance or object occupies, or that is enclosed within container
Examples:- the sewer could not cope with the volume of rainwater
quantity or power of sound; degree of loudness
Short Definition:quantity or power of sound
Examples:- he turned the volume up on the radio
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