volume

Universal Words noun 1 [U,C] 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? * jars of different volumes * Wait until the dough doubles in volume before kneading it again. 2 [C,U] the amount of sth: the sheer volume (= large amount) of business * This work has grown in volume recently. * New roads are being built to cope with the increased volume of traffic. * Sales volumes fell 0.2% in June. 3 [U] the amount of sound that is produced by a television, radio, etc: to turn the volume up / down * the volume control on the television 4 [C] (abbreviation vol.) a book, especially one that is part of a series of books: an encyclopedia in 20 volumes 5 [C] (formal) a book: a library of over 50000 volumes * a slim volume of poetry 6 [C] (abbreviation vol.) a series of different ISSUES of the same magazine, especially all the ISSUES for one year: 'New Scientist' volume 142, number 3 IDIOMS see SPEAK