vast

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UK /vɑːst/ US /væst/

adj 3noun 3

Collocations

ADJ.

abundant, abundant, beyond, distant, innumerable, inside, lay, modern

The vast majority of people inside the stadium cheered loudly for the home team.

VERB + VAST

acquired, crossed, desert, extorted, feeling, found, surprised, works

They crossed the vast desert in three weeks, following the ancient trade route.

VAST + NOUN

amount, amounts, chapel, continent, difference, distance, foot, forest

The vast continent of Antarctica has remained largely unexplored for centuries.

PREP.

between, in, on

There are vast differences between the two countries in terms of culture and tradition.

Definitions

adj

Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

The Sahara desert is vast.

There is a vast difference between them.

Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.

The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.

Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital.

Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

the empty, vast, and wandering air

noun

A vast space.

they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.

noun

Acronym of visual audio sensory theater.

Acronym of volcanic ash strategic initiative team.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

adjective — unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially ex

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

vast majority

The greatest part of something, to the point where alternatives are nearly irrelevant in size.

The vast majority of people will not live to 110.

Example Bank

The Sahara desert is vast.

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There is a vast difference between them.

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They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwes

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they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.

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This vast continent is abundant in fossil fuels.

Tatoeba · #47992

Fossil fuels are abundant in that vast continent.

Tatoeba · #47993

Usage Notes

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In some senses, vast is marked as obsolete, poetic. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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