Definition of vast Vast

/væˈst/ - [vast] - vast

We found 12 definitions of vast from 5 different sources.

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WordNet

WordNet by Princeton University

Adjective

vast - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge
  huge, immense, Brobdingnagian
  large, big having broad power and range and scope; "taking the large view"; "a large effect"; "a large sympathy"
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Wiktionary Wiktionary dictionary logo

  • vast (Noun)
    A vast space.
  • vast (Adjective)
    Very large or wide literally or figuratively.
  • vast (Adjective)
    Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.

Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘

  • vast (superl.)
    Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
  • vast (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.
  • vast (superl.)
    Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
  • vast (superl.)
    Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
  • vast (n.)
    A waste region; boundless space; immensity.

OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω

  • vast
    Large in number or quantity.
  • vast
    Very large or wide in size.

Part of speech

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  • vast, noun, singular of vasts.
  • vast, adjective.

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