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Meaning of 'vast' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Vast [ n.]
- A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
2 . Vast [ superl.]
- Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
- Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
- Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
- Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.

Meaning of 'vast' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . vast [ s]
Meaning (1):
- unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Example in sentence:
  • a huge wave;
  • at vast (or immense) expense;
  • huge country estates;
  • huge government spending;
  • huge popular demand for higher education;
  • immense numbers of birds;
  • the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains;
  • the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization;
  • the vast reaches of outer space

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