Dictionary entry
Volume
Pronunciation: /ˈvɒljuːm/
Pronunciation
/ˈvɒljuːm/
Myanmar Meaning
(n) (စာအုပ်) အတွဲ။ ပမာဏ။ (အသံ) အတိုးအကျယ်။ volumes
Definition
volume /'vɒlju:m; US -jǝm/ n ၁။ [C] (က) ( abbr vol ) အတြဲ။ an encyclopedia in 20 volumes ❍ Volume 2 of Shaw's Complete Works is missing. (ခ) ( infml ) စာအုပ္။ a library of over 12 000 volumes ❍ a slim volume of poetry. (ဂ) အတြဲလိုက္ထုတ္သည့္ မဂၢဇင္း။ စာေစာင ၂။ [U,C] ထုထည္။ jars of different volumes ❍ Allow the dough to rise until it has doubled in volume. Compare AREA ၁ (ခ) ၃။ [C] အထု။ ပမာဏ။ the sheer volume of business/work ❍ an increasing volume of traffic ❍ handling record volumes of mail ❍ ( infml ) Volumes of black smoke poured from the chimney. ၄။ [U] (က) အသံ အတိုးအက်ယ္ပမာဏ။ The TV was on at full volume. ❍ The music doubled in volume. ❍ the volume control knob. (ခ) အသံအတိုးအက်ယ္ထိန္း ဘု၊ ခလုတ္။ turn the volume up/down.
Examples
- [volume of] : An increase in the volume of traffic
- The total volume of trade has reached £800 million.
- [large/huge volume] : Some students cannot cope with the huge volume of work.
- The petrol tank has a volume of over 20 gallons.
- Let the bread rise to twice its original volume.
- Can you turn the volume up a little
- please?
- The first volume in a new series of books on fine art