Volume Meaning
/ˈvɒl.juːm/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.
nounStrength of sound: how loud it is.
Sentence Examples
Turn down the volume, please.
How do I fix the volume?
How do you measure the volume of a gas?
CEFR Practice Quiz
She turned up the ____ on the radio so that everyone in the room could hear clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please turn down the ____ on the television, as it is a bit too loud and it's bothering the neighbors today.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml."
— 1997, A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments, Elsevier, →ISBN, page 63:
"This is not only how we stop Trump; it’s how we stop the next one. So, Donald Trump, since I know you’re watching, I have four words for you: Turn the volume up."
— 2025 November 5, Zohran Mamdani, “The Full Transcript of Zohran Mamdani’s Victory Speech”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 05 Nov 2025:
"However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence."
— 1897 December (indicated as 1898), Winston Churchill, chapter I, in The Celebrity: An Episode, New York, N.Y.: The Macmillan Company; London: Macmillan & Co., Ltd., →OCLC:
"Ayesha wheeled round, and, pointing to the girl Ustane, said one word, and one only, but it was quite enough, for the tone in which it was said meant volumes."
— 1886 October – 1887 January, H[enry] Rider Haggard, She: A History of Adventure, London: Longmans, Green, and Co., published 1887, →OCLC:
"[…] thumping guns and pattering musket-shots, the long big boom of surgent hosts, and the muffled voluming and crash of storm-bells, proclaimed that the insurrection was hot."
— 1867, George Meredith, chapter 30, in Vittoria, volume 2, London: Chapman & Hall, page 258:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
She turned up the ____ on the radio so that everyone in the room could hear clearly.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Please turn down the ____ on the television, as it is a bit too loud and it's bothering the neighbors today.