how to pronounce voluminous

/vəˈlumənəs/

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voluminous is pronounced in four syllables

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An example use of voluminous in a speech by a native speaker of american english:

“… women dressed in voluminous skirts with …”

meanings of voluminous

adjective:

Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
Having written much, or produced many volumes.

voluminous frequency in english - C2+ level of CEFR

the word voluminous occurs in english on average 0.8 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C2+ level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.

topics voluminous can be related to

it is hard to perfectly classify words into specific topics since each word can have many context of its use, but our machine-learning models believe that voluminous can be often used in the following areas:

1) communication, information, and media;