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vast

  [vast, vahst] adjective, -er, -est, noun
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–adjective
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.
–noun
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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vast   (vāst)   
adj.   vast·er, vast·est
  1. Very great in size, number, amount, or quantity.
  2. Very great in area or extent; immense.
  3. Very great in degree or intensity. See Synonyms at enormous.
n.   Archaic
An immense space.

[Latin vāstus.]
vast'ly adv., vast'ness n.
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Vastness

Vast"ness\, n. The quality or state of being vast.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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