Voluminous
adjective
Having a large size, volume or quantity.
He had a voluminous coat that could keep him warm during winter.
Often appears as...
- voluminous hair
- voluminous dress
adjective
Filled with many words, details, or items.
The professor has a voluminous knowledge on the subject.
Often appears as...
- voluminous research
- voluminous notes
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Taking up or having a lot of space.
The voluminous sofa hardly left any space in the living room.
Often appears as...
- voluminous luggage
- voluminous furniture
adjective
Having a large size, volume or quantity.
He had a voluminous coat that could keep him warm during winter.
Often appears as...
- voluminous hair
- voluminous dress
adjective
Filled with many words, details, or items.
The professor has a voluminous knowledge on the subject.
Often appears as...
- voluminous research
- voluminous notes
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Taking up or having a lot of space.
The voluminous sofa hardly left any space in the living room.
Often appears as...
- voluminous luggage
- voluminous furniture
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Size
Use 'voluminous' to describe large physical sizes, like clothing or objects.
She wore a voluminous gown to the ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
'Voluminous' can imply excessiveness or being overwhelmed by size or quantity.
They moved out of the city to escape their voluminous expenses.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Size
Use 'voluminous' to describe large physical sizes, like clothing or objects.
She wore a voluminous gown to the ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
'Voluminous' can imply excessiveness or being overwhelmed by size or quantity.
They moved out of the city to escape their voluminous expenses.
Pro Tip 1/2Physical Size
Use 'voluminous' to describe large physical sizes, like clothing or objects.
She wore a voluminous gown to the ball.
Pro Tip 2/2Not Always Positive
'Voluminous' can imply excessiveness or being overwhelmed by size or quantity.
They moved out of the city to escape their voluminous expenses.
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The mind behind Tesla,...
And the reason is, in the stationary power plant, you can afford to have something that weighs a lot more, is voluminous, and you can take the waste heat and run a steam turbine and generate a secondary power source. So in effect, even after you've taken transmission loss into account and everything,
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3 questions to ask...
But the guard doesn't look at the checklist that's in his hands. He doesn't ask my mom for the invitation that's at the bottom of her very voluminous purse. Instead, he looks over our shoulder at the bus, because in his mind, the bus is telling him a story about who should be there.
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Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
that the commercially available latex now has probably got a lot of synthetic component in it there might be some plant based component in it but I doubt it comes from something like a tambuti tree for example it would probably come from a much more voluminous producer of
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Brittney Cooper: The...
are considered world-makers who own and master time. In other white people. But when Hegel famously said that Africa was no historical part of the world, he implied that it was merely a voluminous land mass taking up space at the bottom of the globe.
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Mapping the Unknown,...
deep M eaters deep and if you were diving down descending you would hit what looks like these rings of Saturn and that's the hydrogen sulfide layer and the pink is actually the pigmentation in the cells of the bacteria it's that voluminous and the
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Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
up wasn't particularly hard rain it was just a sort of a soaking drizzle it did the job well enough and then departed hopefully that means I can very soon remove the voluminous poncho that I am currently donning on the basis I figured
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Tales of passion -...
there are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power in the voluminous Botero style I have not been able to get those images out of my mind or my heart what I fear most is power with impunity I fear abuse of power and the power to
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Clay Shirky: How the...
I'm not allowed to take pictures in the lunch room anymore. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for reading. Goodbye." You can guess what happened next, right? The outrage was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous,
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Big Data - Tim Smith
Big data is an elusive concept. It represents an amount of digital information, which is uncomfortable to store, transport, or analyze. Big data is so voluminous that it overwhelms the technologies of the day
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power, in the voluminous Botero style. I have not been able to get those images out of my mind or my heart. What I fear most is power with impunity.
Video examples
The mind behind Tesla,...
And the reason is, in the stationary power plant, you can afford to have something that weighs a lot more, is voluminous, and you can take the waste heat and run a steam turbine and generate a secondary power source. So in effect, even after you've taken transmission loss into account and everything,
Video examples
3 questions to ask...
But the guard doesn't look at the checklist that's in his hands. He doesn't ask my mom for the invitation that's at the bottom of her very voluminous purse. Instead, he looks over our shoulder at the bus, because in his mind, the bus is telling him a story about who should be there.
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 142 PIPE...
that the commercially available latex now has probably got a lot of synthetic component in it there might be some plant based component in it but I doubt it comes from something like a tambuti tree for example it would probably come from a much more voluminous producer of
Video examples
Brittney Cooper: The...
are considered world-makers who own and master time. In other white people. But when Hegel famously said that Africa was no historical part of the world, he implied that it was merely a voluminous land mass taking up space at the bottom of the globe.
Video examples
Mapping the Unknown,...
deep M eaters deep and if you were diving down descending you would hit what looks like these rings of Saturn and that's the hydrogen sulfide layer and the pink is actually the pigmentation in the cells of the bacteria it's that voluminous and the
Video examples
Safari Live - Day 300 PIPE...
up wasn't particularly hard rain it was just a sort of a soaking drizzle it did the job well enough and then departed hopefully that means I can very soon remove the voluminous poncho that I am currently donning on the basis I figured
Video examples
Tales of passion -...
there are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power in the voluminous Botero style I have not been able to get those images out of my mind or my heart what I fear most is power with impunity I fear abuse of power and the power to
Video examples
Clay Shirky: How the...
I'm not allowed to take pictures in the lunch room anymore. I really enjoyed doing this. Thank you for reading. Goodbye." You can guess what happened next, right? The outrage was so swift, so voluminous, so unanimous,
Video examples
Big Data - Tim Smith
Big data is an elusive concept. It represents an amount of digital information, which is uncomfortable to store, transport, or analyze. Big data is so voluminous that it overwhelms the technologies of the day
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Isabel Allende: Tales of...
They are huge paintings of torture and abuse of power, in the voluminous Botero style. I have not been able to get those images out of my mind or my heart. What I fear most is power with impunity.
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Rachael Taylor
Australian Actress
The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
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James Madison
American President
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
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Andy Jassy
American Businessman
Customers or employees are free to shoot me email. I may not respond to every single one because sometimes the numbers are voluminous, but I read them all.
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Paul Theroux
American Novelist
The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth.
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Rachael Taylor
Australian Actress
The earth is such a voluminous, sparse, wild place that has its own rhythm that human beings try to control and strategize our way around, but the truth is, if you're out someplace like the ocean on a capsized boat, it doesn't matter if you have academic degrees, or if you're a martial-arts ninja. Nature is a bigger force than you.
Quote examples
James Madison
American President
It will be of little avail to the people that the laws are made by men of their own choice if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood.
Quote examples
Andy Jassy
American Businessman
Customers or employees are free to shoot me email. I may not respond to every single one because sometimes the numbers are voluminous, but I read them all.
Quote examples
Paul Theroux
American Novelist
The job of the travel writer is to go far and wide, to make voluminous notes, to tell the truth.
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