volume

Pronunciation: /ˈvɑl.jum/

Reading level: medium

Estimated CEFR level: A2 — Elementary

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun the amount of 3-dimensional space occupied by an object
  2. noun the property of something that is great in magnitude
  3. noun physical objects consisting of a number of pages bound together

Etymology

From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

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Semantic network

Broader (hypernyms)
measure
Narrower (hyponyms)
capacity

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