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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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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. uk / vɑːst / us / væst / 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 state schools. Synonyms. enormous. huge.
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. very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill.
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.
the vast reaches of outer space. 2. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous. vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. 3. very great in number, quantity, amount, etc. vast sums of money. 4. very great in degree, intensity, etc.
vast. (vɑːst) adj. 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]
vast. If you’re in a boat out on the water and you can’t see any land, then the body of water you’re in is probably vast, or enormous. Things that are described as vast include oceans, seas, the heavens, deserts, and the surface of the moon.
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.
vast. adjective. uk / vɑːst / us. Add to word list. B2. extremely big: a vast amount of money. vast forest areas. (Definition of vast from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)
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.
