What does voluminous mean?
Definitions for voluminous
vəˈlu mə nəsvo·lu·mi·nous
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Princeton's WordNet
voluminousadjective
large in volume or bulk
"a voluminous skirt"
tortuous, twisting, twisty, winding, voluminousadjective
marked by repeated turns and bends
"a tortuous road up the mountain"; "winding roads are full of surprises"; "had to steer the car down a twisty track"
copious, voluminousadjective
large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
"she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
Wiktionary
voluminousadjective
Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
voluminousadjective
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
voluminousadjective
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
voluminousadjective
Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.
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voluminous
Voluminous refers to something that is very large in volume, size, or quantity, or something that occupies or contains much space. It can also refer to text or writing that is extensive and detailed.
Webster Dictionary
Voluminousadjective
of or pertaining to volume or volumes
Voluminousadjective
consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions
Voluminousadjective
of great volume, or bulk; large
Voluminousadjective
having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer
Etymology: [L. voluminosus: cf. F. volumineux.]
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of voluminous in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of voluminous in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8
Examples of voluminous in a Sentence
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if the laws be so voluminous that they cannot be read, or so incoherent that they cannot be understood; if they be repealed or revised before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man, who knows what the law is to-day, can guess what it will be to-morrow.
Flat bread presents numerous advantages over' high' and voluminous bread loaves, and in my opinion, a plausible hypothesis is that this kind of bread could be a perfect bridge between hunter-gatherers and stable farmers.
The internal effects of a mutable policy are [...] calamitous. It poisons the blessings of liberty itself. 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; if they be repealed before they are promulgated, or undergo such incessant changes that no man who knows what the law is today can guess what it will be tomorrow.
Woodrow Wilson, _Congressional Government_, p. 109:
No one who has read official documents needs to be told how easy it is to conceal the essential truth under the apparently candid and all- disclosing phrases of a voluminous and particularizing report....
After concluding its review of the voluminous additional Secret Service communications from Jan. 5th and Jan. 6th, the committee will be recalling witnesses and conducting further investigative depositions based on that material.
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