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Dictionary: vo·lu·mi·nous   (və-lū'mə-nəs) pronunciation
adj.
  1. Having great volume, fullness, size, or number: a voluminous trunk; a voluminous cloud.
  2. Filling or capable of filling a large volume or many volumes: the voluminous court record of the long trial.
  3. Ample or lengthy in speech or writing.
  4. Having many coils; winding.

[Late Latin volūminōsus, having many folds, from Latin volūmen, volūmin-, roll of writing. See volume.]

voluminosity vo·lu'mi·nos'i·ty (-nŏs'ĭ-tē) or vo·lu'mi·nous·ness (-nəs-nĭs) n.
voluminously vo·lu'mi·nous·ly adv.

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adj

Definition: big, vast
Antonyms: little, slight, small, tiny


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The adjective has 2 meanings:

Meaning #1: large in volume or bulk

Meaning #2: large in number or quantity (especially of discourse)
  Synonyms: copious, extensive


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Dansk (Danish)
adj. - voluminøs, omfangsrig, omfattende, bindstærk

Nederlands (Dutch)
volumineus, lijvig, kronkelend, vol, langdradig, verscheidene, veel schrijvend (auteur)

Français (French)
adj. - volumineux

Deutsch (German)
adj. - voluminös, umfangreich

Ελληνική (Greek)
adj. - ογκώδης, πολύτομος, πολυγραφότατος

Italiano (Italian)
voluminoso

Português (Portuguese)
adj. - voluminoso, volumoso

Русский (Russian)
многотомный, плодовитый, объемистый

Español (Spanish)
adj. - voluminoso, copioso, serpenteado

Svenska (Swedish)
adj. - omfångsrik, lång, diger

中文(简体)(Chinese (Simplified))
卷数多的, 著书多的, 大部分的

中文(繁體)(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 卷數多的, 著書多的, 大部分的

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 헐거운, 부피가 큰, (사람이) 대작을 쓴

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 冊数の多い, 多作の, 多弁の, 容積の大きい, ゆったりした

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(صفه) كبير الصوت او الحجم, ضخم‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮גדול, רב-כמות, רב-כרכים, רב-תכולה, פורה‬


 
 
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