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vast Definition

vast (vast, väst)

adjective

very great in size, extent, amount, number, degree, etc.

Etymology: L vastus: see waste

noun

Archaic a vast space

vast Related Forms

vastly adverb vast·ness noun

vast Synonyms

vast

modif.

  1. Large

    huge, enormous, immense; see broad 1, large 1.

  2. Extensive

    broad, far-flung, wide, spacious, expansive, spread-out, ample, far-reaching, widespread, comprehensive, detailed, all-inclusive, astronomical, prolonged, stretched out, expanded.

    Antonyms narrow*, limited*, confined. *

  3. Infinite

    boundless, limitless, interminable; see endless 1, eternal 2.

vast Usage Examples

Preposition: as

universe: Imagine, too, that the divine self you are now is as vast as the universe.

Used with adjective complement

  • seem: There are bigger states in the country and yet Nevada seems unfathomably vast partly because there is so little here except semi-desert.
  • mean: It is set in rolling meadows, beside a couple of huge, I mean vast, houses.
  • feel: This allows a much higher density of traps, much more action, and still feels vast in practice.

Modifies a noun

  • majority: The vast majority of people getting social services from the council have a right to direct payments.
  • array: Our selection spans a vast array of what is on offer in the marketplace.
  • amount: There are vast amounts of slot machines for you to try you luck.
  • quantity: These low articles are exported in vast quantities in casks to all parts of the world.
  • expanse: On the foreground of the building a stairway for flight passengers is set up facing the vast expanse around.

Modifying Another Word

  • potentially: I intend to start this potentially vast project with a case-study of one city: Lucerne in Switzerland.
  • so: There is no single " human nature " because the topic is so vast, and so dynamic.
  • similarly: She lies in a similarly vast stone bed, with her second husband beside her.
  • truly: Many of the levels are truly vast playgrounds, with numerous opportunities to use your varied gadgets in your hunt for monkey.
  • too: The features however, are too vast to list on this page.
  • equally: Such a site, and the vast numbers of those who vanished mainly between July and November 1916, demanded an equally vast solution.

Preposition: in

scope: Knowledge, on the other hand, is vast in scope, subjective in relevance, increasing daily and becoming obsolete almost as quickly.

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