Volume - English meaning

noun

The process of increasing the volume of sound, especially using an amplifier.

Usage examples:

Even without amplification, her voice carries to the farthest corners

noun

Amplification makes music or other sounds louder

Usage examples:

Electronic amplification, the horror lies in the violence itself, which needs no amplification.

noun

The mass or size of something large.

Usage examples:

Residents jump up and down on their rubbish to reduce its bulk

verb

Treat (a product) so that its quantity appears greater than it is.

Usage examples:

Traders were bulking up their flour with chalk

noun

The maximum amount that something can contain.

Usage examples:

The capacity of the freezer is 1.1 cubic feet

noun

The amount that can be held or produced by something

Usage examples:

[ c ] the stadium has a seating capacity of 50,000., [ u ] the theater was full to capacity that ni…

noun

The total amount or number of things or people that something can hold

Usage examples:

A capacity of sth the tanks have a capacity of 1000 litres., capacity audience/crowd the rally drew…

noun

A measurable extent of a particular kind, such as length, breadth, depth, or height.

Usage examples:

The final dimensions of the pond were 14 ft x 8 ft

verb

Form or shape (something) to particular measurements.

Usage examples:

The seats and backrests are dimensioned to withstand high loads from items such as unsecured luggage

noun

A measurement of something in a particular direction, esp. its height, length, or width

Usage examples:

The dimensions of the room are 26 feet by 15 feet., the new script gave the story a psychological d…

noun

The area covered by something.

Usage examples:

An enclosure ten acres in extent

noun

The area, length, or size of something

Usage examples:

Approaching the airport, you could see the full extent of the island., to some extent it was my fau…

noun

The fact of making a lot of noise, or the amount of noise something or someone makes

Usage examples:

The loudness of their arguing worried me, but then i realized that they were just excited., differe…

noun

The great size or extent of something.

Usage examples:

They may feel discouraged at the magnitude of the task before them

noun

A large body of matter with no definite shape.

Usage examples:

The sun broke out from behind a mass of clouds

adjective

Involving or affecting large numbers of people or things.

Usage examples:

The film has mass appeal

verb

Assemble or cause to assemble into a single body or mass.

Usage examples:

Both countries began massing troops in the region

noun

The action of measuring something.

Usage examples:

Accurate measurement is essential

phrase

Your measurements are the sizes of various parts of your body, especially your chest, waist, and hips, that you refer to when you want to buy clothes

Usage examples:

She sent her measurements to the seamstress., the bridesmaids went to have their measurements taken…

noun

A part, share, or number considered in comparative relation to a whole.

Usage examples:

The proportion of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere is rising

verb

Adjust or regulate (something) so that it has a particular or suitable relationship to something else.

Usage examples:

A life after death in which happiness can be proportioned to virtue

phrase

The size, shape, or level of something

Usage examples:

A building of elegant proportions, i'm not very good at drawing people - i can never get the propor…

noun

The relative extent of something; a thing's overall dimensions or magnitude; how big something is.

Usage examples:

The schools varied in size

verb

Alter or sort in terms of size or according to size.

Usage examples:

Twist drills are sized in millimetres

adjective

Having a specified size; sized.

Usage examples:

Marble-size chunks of hail

noun

Vibrations that travel through the air or another medium and can be heard when they reach a person's or animal's ear.

Usage examples:

Light travels faster than sound

verb

Emit or cause to emit sound.

Usage examples:

A loud buzzer sounded

adjective

In good condition; not damaged, injured, or diseased.

Usage examples:

They returned safe and sound