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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.
of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. Synonyms: stupendous, colossal, gigantic, boundless, measureless. Antonyms: small. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money.
Definition of vast adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
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.
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.
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.
Noun. Abbreviation. Filter. adjective. vastest, vaster. Very great in size, extent, amount, number, degree, etc. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. Very great in scope or import. A vast improvement. American Heritage. Synonyms: worldwide. untold. unlimited. infinite. imponderable. immeasurable. great. extensive. grandiose. endless. cosmic.
