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voluminous
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vo·lu·mi·nous  (v-lm-ns)
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 volminsus, having many folds, from Latin volmen, volmin-, roll of writing; see volume.]

vo·lumi·nosi·ty (-ns-t), vo·lumi·nous·ness (-ns-ns) n.
vo·lumi·nous·ly adv.

voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs]
adj
1. of great size, quantity, volume, or extent
2. (of writing) consisting of or sufficient to fill volumes
3. prolific in writing or speech
4. Obsolete winding
[from Late Latin volūminōsus full of windings, from volūmen volume]
voluminosity  [vəˌluːmɪˈnɒsɪtɪ], voluminousness n
voluminously  adv
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.voluminousvoluminous - large in volume or bulk; "a voluminous skirt"
big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"
2.voluminousvoluminous - 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"
crooked - having or marked by bends or angles; not straight or aligned; "crooked country roads"; "crooked teeth"
3.voluminous - large in number or quantity (especially of discourse); "she took copious notes"; "a subject of voluminous legislation"
abundant - present in great quantity; "an abundant supply of water"

voluminous
adjective
1. large, big, full, massive, vast, ample, bulky, billowing, roomy, cavernous, capacious She was swathed in a voluminous cloak.
large small, tiny, skimpy, slight
2. copious, extensive, prolific, abundant, plentiful, profuse this author's voluminous writings and correspondence
copious inadequate, insufficient, scanty
Translations
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] ADJ (= large, capacious) → voluminoso; (= prolific) → prolífico; (= overlong) → prolijo
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adjvolumineux/euse
voluminous
adjvoluminös (geh); figure alsoüppig; writingsumfangreich; skirts, shirt, pocketswallend
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adjvoluminoso/a; (writer) → prolifico/a; (notes) → abbondante
voluminous [vəˈluːmɪnəs] adjvoluminoso/a; (writer) → prolifico/a; (notes) → abbondante


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