volume

1. 1.

   the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object

   “the gas expanded to twice its original volume”

   Broadermeasure

   Narrowercapacity

   Partsvolume unit
2. 2.

   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”

   Synonymsbulkmass

   Broadermagnitude

   Narrowerdollar volume
3. 3.

   physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

   “he used a large book as a doorstop”

   Synonymsbook

   Broaderproduct

   Narroweralbumcoffee-table bookfoliohardbackjournalnovelorder bookpaperback bookpicture booksketchbook

   Partsbindingfore edgespine
4. 4.

   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”

   Broaderpublication

   Part ofset
5. 5.

   a relative amount

   “mix one volume of the solution with ten volumes of water”

   Broadermeasure
6. 6.

   the magnitude of sound (usually in a specified direction)

   “the kids played their music at full volume”

   Synonymsloudnessintensity

   Broadersound property

   Narrowercrescendo

Other forms of volume

plural

volumes·

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.

Questions about volume

What does volume mean?

volume means "the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object". That is the primary sense; the word has 6 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in volume?

volume has 2 syllables: vo-lume. The stress falls on "vo". In IPA it is /ˈvɑljum/.

What is another word for volume?

Close synonyms include bulk, mass, book, loudness, intensity. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is volume a common word?

volume is banded "Common" — everyday vocabulary in speech and writing. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.