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- [vast, vahst]
- /væst, vɑst/
- /vɑːst/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [vast, vahst]
- /væst, vɑst/
Definitions of vast word
- adjective vast of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. 1
- adjective vast of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war. 1
- adjective vast very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money. 1
- adjective vast very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill. 1
- noun vast Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space. 1
- adjective vast extremely big or wide 1
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Origin of vast
First appearance:
before 1565 One of the 32% oldest English words
First recorded in 1565-75, vast is from the Latin word vastus empty, immense
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Parts of speech for Vast
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
vast popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 92% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
vast usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for vast
adj vast
- abysmal — If you describe a situation or the condition of something as abysmal, you think that it is very bad or poor in quality.
- across the board — If a policy or a situation applies across the board, it affects everything or everyone in a particular group.
- alive with — teeming with; full of (living or moving things)
- all out — not at one's home or place of employment; absent: I stopped by to visit you last night, but you were out.
- all-embracing — Something that is all-embracing includes or affects everyone or everything.
adjective vast
- dilatable — That can be dilated.
- encyclopaedic — Alternative spelling of encyclopedic.
- encyclopedic — Comprehensive in terms of information.
- enormous — very big
- expandable — Having the capacity to be expanded.
Antonyms for vast
adj vast
adjective vast
- ending — An end or final part of something, especially a period of time, an activity, or a book or movie.
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