volume

How loud a sound is.

• Please turn the volume down.
• The music was playing at full volume.
• Can you increase the volume on your phone?

Similar words: loudness

Common phrases: turn the volume, high volume, volume control

The amount of something, especially when there is a lot of it.

• The volume of traffic is growing.
• Sales volumes fell last month.
• We cannot handle this volume of work.

How to use it: volume of something (We receive a large volume of calls.)

Similar words: amount, quantity

Common phrases: volume of something, high volume, sales volume, production volume

The amount of space something fills or a container can hold.

• Measure the volume of the water.
• The gas increased in volume as it warmed.
• These containers have different volumes.

How to use it: volume of something (What is the volume of this tank?)

Common phrases: volume of something, total volume, measure the volume, calculate the volume

One book, especially one that belongs to a set of books.

• The second volume is missing.
• His letters fill three volumes.
• Have you read the latest volume in the series?

How to use it: volume of something (She bought a volume of poetry.)

Similar words: book

Common phrases: first volume, volume of something, two volume set