Oxford Basic American Dictionary

a part of a hard hat (a helmet ) that you can pull down to protect your eyes or face

a piece of plastic, cloth, etc. on a hat or in a car, which stops the sun from shining in your eyes

vi • su • al aw / ' vi3ual / a

connected with seeing

Painting and photography are visual arts.

vi • su • al • ize AWL / ' vi3ualaiz / verb ( vi su - al - iz - es, vi - su - al - iz ing, vi su al ized )

to have a picture in your mind of someone or something It's hard to visualize what this place looked like before the factory was built.

—SYNONYM imagine

vi • tal / ' vaitl / adjective

very important or necessary

It's vital that she sees a doctor — she's very sick.

—SYNONYM essential

vi • tal • ly / 'vaitali / vitally important

vi • ta • min / ' vaitaman / noun [ count ]

( HEALTH ) one of the things in food that you need to be healthy

Oranges are full of vitamin C.

viv • id / ' vivad / adjective

1 making a very clear picture in your mind

had a very vivid dream last night.

having a strong, bright color vivid yellow

viv • id • ly / ' vivadli / adverb

I remember my first day at school vividly.

vo • cab • u • lar • y / vou ' k®bya|leri / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( plural vo . cab . u . lar . ies )

( ENGLISH LANGUAGE ARTS )

all the words that someone knows or that are used in a particular book or subject

He has an amazing vocabulary for a Jive-year-old.

the words that people use when they are talking about a particular subject

technical vocabulary

vo • cal / voukl / adjective

connected with the voice

the vocal organs (= the tongue, lips, etc. )

vocal cords / voukl kordz / noun [ plural ]

( BIOLOGY ) the thin bands of muscle in the back of your throat that move to produce the voice

vo • ca • tion / vou ' keijn / noun

[ count, noncount ] ( formal )

a type of work or way of life that you do because you believe

it is especially right for you

Peter has found his vocation as a priest.

vo • ca • tion • al school / vou ' kei/n^l |skul /

noun [ count, noncount ]

a school that teaches students skills that are necessary for particular jobs

He went to a vocational school to study carpentry.

vogue / voug / noun [ count, noncount ]

a fashion for something

a vogue for large cars ♦ Black is always in vogue .

voice Ф / vois / noun [ count ]

the sounds that you make when you speak or sing

Steve has a very deep voice.

lose your voice

to not be able to speak, usually because of illness He had a bad cold and lost his voice. raise your voice to speak more loudly

voice mail / ' vois meil / ( also voice . mail ) noun

[noncount]

an electronic system that lets you leave or listen to

telephone messages

Have you checked your voice mail?

vol .ca .no volcano

/ val'keinou / noun [ count ] ( plural

vol . ca . noes )

( GEOGRAPHY ) a

mountain with a hole in the top where fire, gas, and hot liquid rock (called lava ) sometimes come out

►vol • can • ic

/ val ' krenik / adjective

volcanic rocks

vol • ley • ball

(sports)

/ 'valibol / noun

1 [ noncount ] a game where two teams try to hit a ball over a high net with their hands We played volleyball on the beach.

2 [ count ] a ball for playing this game

volt / voult / noun [ count ] ( abbreviation V ) ( PHYSICS ) a measure of electricity

vol • Lime Ф / vulyom ; 'valyum / noun

1 [ noncount , singular ] ( music ) the amount of sound that something makes

can't hear the radio. Can you turn up the volume?

[ count, noncount ] ( MATH , physics ) the amount of space that something fills, or the amount of space inside something

What is the volume of this box?

[ count, noncount ] the large quantity or amount of something

a high volume of traffic on the roads