Definitions

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  • adjective of a written work Having multiple volumes.
  • adjective computing Of or relating to more than one volume, or storage area.

Etymologies

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multi- +‎ volume

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Examples

  • They chat about story outline and structure, intentional and circumstantial comedy and planning out multivolume series.

    Archive 2009-06-01 Lou Anders 2009

  • The most ardently professional historians still sought to reach a broader public through lectures and multivolume histories that explained Britain's past to a prosperous nation.

    A World We Have Lost William Anthony Hay 2011

  • In April 2010 and again this August, State produced multivolume environmental impact statements that concluded the pipeline would have "no significant impacts" on the environment.

    Keystone Cop-Out 2011

  • Wilhelm Schmidt has compiled an overwhelming amount of these stories in a multivolume book totaling four thousand pages!

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • Wilhelm Schmidt has compiled an overwhelming amount of these stories in a multivolume book totaling four thousand pages!

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • And Mr. Speiser was an author of more than 50 books, including "American Law of Torts," a multivolume reference, and works about legal history and his economic theories.

    A Pilot and a Lawyer, He Helped Chart Aviation Tort Law Stephen Miller 2010

  • Gellman, working on a multivolume biography of Richard Nixon, reviewed my work, alerted me to important sources, and offered sage advice.

    Eisenhower 1956 David A. Nichols 2011

  • Wilhelm Schmidt has compiled an overwhelming amount of these stories in a multivolume book totaling four thousand pages!

    Modern Science in the Bible Ben Hobrink 2011

  • This resulted in the multivolume set called History of Woman Suffrage.

    Five People Born on February 15 | myFiveBest 2010

  • The author 's attachment to a sweeping theme like the democracy-capitalism clash is understandable: It' s the sort of duel that Will and Ariel Durant and other producers of pageant-style history have featured to unify their multivolume works.

    An Age of Creative Destruction Amity Shlaes 2010

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