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[vast, vahst] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, noun
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[vast, vahst] Pronunciation Key adjective, -er, -est, noun –adjective
–noun
| 1. | of very great area or extent; immense: 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.: an artisan of vast skill. |
| 5. | Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space. |
[Origin: 1565–75; < L vastus empty, immense]
] —Related forms
vastly, adverb
vastness, noun
—Synonyms 1. measureless, boundless, gigantic, colossal, stupendous.
—Antonyms 1. small.
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American Heritage Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
| vast
(vāst) Pronunciation Key
adj. vast·er, vast·est
n. Archaic An immense space. [Latin vāstus.] vast'ly adv., vast'ness n. |
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Online Etymology Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
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vast
1575, from M.Fr. vaste, from L. vastus "immense, extensive, huge," also "desolate, unoccupied, empty." The two meanings probably originally attached to two separate words, one with a long -a- one with a short -a-, that merged in early Latin (see waste). Very popular early 18c. as an intensifier.
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
WordNet - Cite This Source - Share This
| vast | |
adjective | |
| unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge] |
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Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary - Cite This Source - Share This
Vast
Vast\, a. [Compar. Vaster; superl. Vastest.] [L. vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See Waste, and cf. Devastate.]1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.] The empty, vast, and wandering air. --Shak. 2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia. Through the vast and boundless deep. --Milton. 3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money. 4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern. Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Vast
Vast\, n. A waste region; boundless space; immensity. "The watery vast." --Pope. Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven It sounded. --Milton.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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