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say it: VAH-lyoom
volume is a noun meaning "the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object". It is pronounced /ˈvɑljum/ — VAH-lyoom. It carries 6 recorded senses.
the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
“the gas expanded to twice its original volume”
the property of something that is great in magnitude
“it is cheaper to buy it in bulk”
“he received a mass of correspondence”
“the volume of exports”
physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together
“he used a large book as a doorstop”
a publication that is one of a set of several similar publications
“the third volume was missing”
“he asked for the 1989 volume of the Annual Review”
the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)
“the kids played their music at full volume”
Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.
Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for volume come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.