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adjective
- 1. of very great extent or quantity; immense: "a vast plain full of orchards"
noun
- 1. an immense space. archaic
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greater than the average size or amount. big They live in a big house in the country. large A large number of people were crowded into the room. great The party was a great success. enormous They bought an enormous house in the suburbs. See more results » More examples. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases.
The meaning of VAST is very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range. How to use vast in a sentence. Synonym Discussion of Vast.
adjective. us / væst / uk / vɑːst / Add to word list. B2. extremely big: A vast audience watched the broadcast. The amount of detail the book contains is vast. The people who have taken our advice have saved themselves vast amounts / sums of money. The vast majority of children attend public schools. Synonyms. enormous. huge.
Vast definition: of very great area or extent; immense. See examples of VAST used in a sentence.
extremely large in area, size, amount, etc. synonym huge. a vast area of forest. a vast crowd. In the vast majority of cases, this should not be a problem. They sell a vast array of products. a vast amount of information. At dusk bats appear in vast numbers. vast quantities of food.
Even places that can't be seen or touched, like imaginations, are called vast, because of the endless ideas that come out of them. Someone with a vast imagination is very creative, and a place with a vast landscape is very large.
4 meanings: 1. unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense 2. (intensifier) 3. → See the vast 4. British.... Click for more definitions.
1. unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense. 2. ( prenominal) (intensifier): in vast haste. n. 3. the vast chiefly poetic immense or boundless space. 4. dialect Brit a very great amount or number. [C16: from Latin vastus deserted] ˈvastity n. ˈvastly adv.
Meaning & use. Pronunciation. Frequency. Compounds & derived words. Factsheet. What does the word vast mean? There are 11 meanings listed in OED's entry for the word vast. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. Entry status. OED is undergoing a continuous programme of revision to modernize and improve definitions.
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