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Collocations for volume - noun

1. amount of space

ADJ.

total
the total volume of the containers

PREP.

by ~
They sell screws and nails by volume.
in ~
2 litres in volume

2. quantity of sth

ADJ.

sheer
The sheer volume of fiction produced is staggering.
considerable, enormous, great, heavy, high, huge, large, substantial, vast | small

VERB + VOLUME

increase | decrease, reduce | double/grow//increase/rise in
Sales have doubled in volume.
decrease/fall in

VOLUME + VERB

double, increase, rise
Sales volume has doubled since 1999.
decrease, fall

3. strength of sound that sth makes

ADJ.

high | full, maximum | low

VERB + VOLUME

increase, turn up | decrease, turn down | grow/increase/rise in | decrease/fall in

VOLUME + NOUN

control
the volume control on the television

PREP.

at … ~
The car stereo was on at full volume.

4. book

ADJ.

bound, leather-bound
a library full of bound volumes
companion
a companion volume to the one on African wildlife
rare
Only a specialist shop would have this rare volume.
bulky, massive, substantial, thick, weighty | compact, slim | glossy
a forty-page, glossy volume about the company''s products
dusty | old | single | separate

QUANT.

series

VERB + VOLUME

publish

PREP.

in a/the ~
Her poems are now available in a single volume.
~ of
a volume of short stories
~ on
a volume on ancient history

PHRASES

run to five, several, etc. volumes
The encyclopedia is a huge work, running to 20 volumes.

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