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1 N‑COUNT A vole is a small animal that looks like a mouse but has very small ears and a short tail. Voles usually live in fields or near rivers.

2 → see also water vole

vo|li|tion /vəl I ʃ ə n, [AM ] voʊl-/

1 N‑UNCOUNT Your volition is the power you have to decide something for yourself. [FORMAL ] □  We like to think that everything we do and everything we think is a product of our volition.

2 PHRASE If you do something of your own volition , you do it because you have decided for yourself that you will do it and not because someone else has told you to do it. [FORMAL ] □  Makin said Mr Coombes had gone to the police of his own volition.

vol|ley /vɒ li/ (volleys , volleying , volleyed )

1 VERB In sport, if someone volleys the ball, they hit it before it touches the ground. □ [V n prep/adv] He volleyed the ball spectacularly into the far corner of the net. □ [V ] McNeil volleyed more effectively in the second set. ● N‑COUNT Volley is also a noun. □  She hit most of the winning volleys.

2 N‑COUNT A volley of gunfire is a lot of bullets that travel through the air at the same time. □ [+ of ] It's still not known how many died in the volleys of gunfire.

volley|ball /vɒ libɔːl/ N‑UNCOUNT Volleyball is a game in which two teams hit a large ball with their hands backwards and forwards over a high net. If you allow the ball to touch the ground, the other team wins a point.

volt /voʊ lt/ (volts ) N‑COUNT A volt is a unit used to measure the force of an electric current.

volt|age /voʊ lt I dʒ/ (voltages ) N‑VAR The voltage of an electrical current is its force measured in volts. □  The systems are getting smaller and using lower voltages. □  …high-voltage power lines.

volte-face /vɒ lt fɑː s/ (volte-faces ) N‑COUNT [usu sing] If you say that someone's behaviour is a volte-face , you mean that they have changed their opinion or decision completely, so that it is the opposite of what it was before. [FORMAL ] □  The day's events were a remarkable volte-face.

vol|uble /vɒ ljʊb ə l/ ADJ If you say that someone is voluble , you mean that they talk a lot with great energy and enthusiasm. [FORMAL ] □  She was voluble with excitement. □  Bert is a voluble, gregarious man. ●  vol|ubly /vɒ ljʊbli/ ADV [ADV with v] □  In the next booth along, he could see an elderly lady, talking volubly.

vol|ume ◆◆◇ /vɒ ljuːm/ (volumes )

1 N‑COUNT [usu sing] The volume of something is the amount of it that there is. □ [+ of ] Senior officials will be discussing how the volume of sales might be reduced. □ [+ of ] …the sheer volume of traffic and accidents.

2 N‑COUNT [usu sing] The volume of an object is the amount of space that it contains or occupies. □  When egg whites are beaten they can rise to seven or eight times their original volume.

3 N‑COUNT A volume is a book. [FORMAL ] □  …a 125-page volume.

4 N‑COUNT A volume is one book in a series of books. □ [+ of ] …the first volume of his autobiography.

5 N‑COUNT A volume is a collection of several issues of a magazine, for example all the issues for one year. □ [+ of ] …bound volumes of the magazine.

6 N‑UNCOUNT The volume of a radio, television, or sound system is the loudness of the sound it produces. □  He turned down the volume. □ [+ of ] He came to complain about the volume of the music.

7 PHRASE If something such as an action speaks volumes about a person or thing, it gives you a lot of information about them. □ [+ about ] What you wear speaks volumes about you. SYNONYMS volume NOUN 1

amount:He needs that amount of money to survive.

quantity:…a small quantity of water.

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