Vast
[vɑːst] or [væst]
Definition
(superl.) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
(superl.) Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
(superl.) Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
(superl.) Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
(n.) A waste region; boundless space; immensity.
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Synonyms and Synonymous
a. [1]. Very spacious, very extensive.[2]. Huge, enormous, immense, colossal, gigantic, prodigious, stupendous, very great.[3]. Remarkable, extraordinary.
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Synonyms and Antonyms
SYN:Waste, wild, desolate, extensive, spacious, wide_spread, gigantic, wide,boundless, measureless, enormous, mighty, huge, immense, colossal, prodigious,far-reaching
ANT:Narrow, close, confined, frequented, populated, cultivated, tended, tilled,limited, bounded, circumscribed, moderate
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Definition
adj. of great extent: very great in amount: very great in degree mighty: (Shak.) vacant desolate.—n. immensity: (coll.) a large quantity: (Shak.) the darkness of night.—ns. Vastid′ity (Shak.) immensity desolation; Vas′titude.—adv. Vast′ly.—ns. Vast′ness; Vas′tus one of the great muscles upon the front of the thigh.—adj. Vas′ty large enormously great.
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Examples
- He knows how vast the field is, and how many paths constantly beckon him. Rupert S. Holland. Historic Inventions.
- Your absence will make a vast difference to me, sir, as I think you very well know. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
- The crust of the earth is a vast museum; but the natural collections have been imperfectly made, and only at long intervals of time. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
- Compared with the vast gilded void of Mrs. Hatch's existence, the life of Lily's former friends seemed packed with ordered activities. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
- Apparently it carried this vast body kangaroo fashion on its tail and hind legs. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- You must know I have a vast dislike to puppiesquite a horror of them. Jane Austen. Emma.
- Grandmama was quite well, had a charming evening with Mr. Woodhouse, a vast deal of chat, and backgammon. Jane Austen. Emma.
- The boat now began, with heavy groans, like some vast, tired monster, to prepare to push up among the multiplied steamers at the levee. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
- The country is a vast deal pleasanter, is it not, Mr. Bingley? Jane Austen. Pride and Prejudice.
- Vast perspectives of success unroll themselves before my eyes. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
- The library of Alexandria drew a far vaster crowd of students than the teachers of the Museum. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
- Perhaps that was because she frequented a vaster mansion than any of them, the open hills. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
- It solved many problems, and it left the desire for fellowship and order face to face with much vaster problems that it seemed only to have revealed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
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