volumes

noun

plural of volume
1
as in loads
a considerable amount we can only make money if we sell our goods in volume

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2
as in amounts
a given or particular mass or aggregate of matter produces great volumes of work each day

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3
as in books
a set of printed sheets of paper bound together between covers and forming a work of fiction or nonfiction reissued the trilogy in a single volume

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4
as in capacities
the largest number or amount that something can hold state the barrel's volume in terms of gallons

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Recent Examples of volumes Lower volumes align with the surrounding streets, with the tallest building rising 17 floors at the far end. — Bridget Borgobello july 04, New Atlas, 4 July 2026 Today, the goal is not to increase purchasing volumes, but to improve their quality. — Luisa Zargani, Footwear News, 23 June 2026 The best hair transplant clinics in Turkey run high volumes, which means their teams handle follicular unit work every day and maintain strict safety standards for screening and aftercare. — Malana Vantyler, Miami Herald, 24 June 2026 Carrying such large volumes at a time when tanker earnings have been so high has been highly lucrative for the company, and would have already gone some way to paying back a multibillion-dollar bet on supertankers. — Weilun Soon, Fortune, 5 July 2026 Instead of trying to replace human judgment, they are designed to support it by processing large volumes of information while leaving critical decisions in human hands. — Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 4 July 2026 The platform has consistently managed volumes over $1 billion daily since the football tournament began on June 11. — Leonie Kidd, CNBC, 6 July 2026 But between increasingly stiff anti-smoking legislation and very real declines in volumes for years, some investors have given up the industry—and Altria—for dead. — Brett Owens, Forbes.com, 5 July 2026 Force’s plan came to fruition in 1837, when the government published nine volumes—most of them considerably more than 1,000 pages—under the magisterial title American Archives. — T. H. Breen, The Atlantic, 3 July 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for volumes
  1. loads
  2. amounts
  3. books
  4. capacities
  5. tons
  6. quantities
  7. dozens
  8. piles
Noun
  • Double bag any heavy trash bags or loads that contain a lot of wet food to prevent rips and leaks.
    — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 3 July 2026
  • Battery systems could support those loads alongside renewable generation or other power sources.
    — Aamir Khollam, Interesting Engineering, 2 July 2026
Definition of loads
Noun
  • Nuclear fusion is the process of combining two hydrogen atoms to form one helium atom, releasing huge amounts of energy.
    — Kai Nicol-Schwarz, CNBC, 7 July 2026
  • The bacteria are found naturally in freshwater but amounts generally don't lead to disease.
    — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 7 July 2026
Definition of amounts
Noun
  • The Legislature’s independent fiscal analysts have also raised concerns that the state’s books remain vulnerable to the specter of a deep drop-off in the stock market.
    — Stephen Hobbs, Sacbee.com, 30 June 2026
  • Barrett and Jackson each reported the most extensive travel of court justices promoting their books in 2025.
    — Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 June 2026
Definition of books
Noun
  • More than a language, Webster gave American writers a certain belief in their capacities for language.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
  • In the near term the company is planning to advance commercial-scale REE refining with capacities ranging from 100 to 1,000 tons per year.
    — Aditya Jadhav, Interesting Engineering, 30 June 2026
Definition of capacities
Noun
  • Having a few good friends can be more meaningful than having tons.
    — Joy Harden Bradford, AJC.com, 2 July 2026
  • There are tons of other great Spanx deals to shop over the Fourth of July weekend.
    — Olivia Dubyak, Travel + Leisure, 1 July 2026
Definition of tons
Noun
  • Despite consuming mass quantities of high-calorie foods during competition season, most professional competitive eaters are very lean.
    — Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 3 July 2026
  • Hayden, 53, of Oak Park Heights, started making pies — using her mother’s cold-water pie crust recipe — in massive quantities at Fresh Fields bakery in Stillwater for Thanksgiving 2011; the owner, Dave Michaud, was a friend who had sampled her pie.
    — Mary Divine, Twin Cities, 2 July 2026
Definition of quantities
Noun
  • The 2026 tournament has the highest rate of goals per match in decades and is the first in World Cup history to have scored more than 200 goals (with two dozen matches still left to play).
    — Ashley Mowreader, NBC news, 3 July 2026
  • Krispy Kreme’s Fourth of July Collection will be available in-shop and for pickup or delivery via the Krispy Kreme app and website, individually and by the dozen.
    — Amaris Encinas, USA Today, 3 July 2026
Definition of dozens
Noun
  • This could include sniffing around more than usual or barking and growling at odd places like piles of leaves.
    — Ashley Chalmers, The Spruce, 3 July 2026
  • The alternating placements of the piles/objects are very precise, which creates a series of chicanes, indicating they are not intended as obstructions but rather to prevent rapid ingress and egress by any vehicle toward the tunnels.
    — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 3 July 2026
Definition of piles

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“Volumes.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/volumes. Accessed 8 Jul. 2026.

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