vast
Americanadjective
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of very great area or extent; immense.
the vast reaches of outer space.
- Synonyms:
- stupendous, colossal, gigantic, boundless, measureless
- Antonyms:
- small
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of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous.
vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the war.
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very great in number, quantity, amount, etc..
vast sums of money.
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very great in degree, intensity, etc..
an artisan of vast skill.
noun
adjective
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unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense
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(prenominal) (intensifier)
in vast haste
noun
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poetic immense or boundless space
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dialect a very great amount or number
Other Word Forms
- supervast adjective
- vastity noun
- vastly adverb
- vastness noun
Etymology
Origin of vast
First recorded in 1565–75, from Latin vastus “empty, immense”
Example Sentences
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OpenAI needs substantial funding to continue developing its artificial intelligence models, paying for its vast computing needs and retaining top researchers in an increasingly competitive market.
“The vast majority of them will not cross that at all. They will end up with something that is just incrementally better. And if you’re incrementally better than alternatives, you don’t matter.”
A source at the time described the spare cash as a "golden egg" for whoever wins May's Senedd election, and a "vast amount" for a single year.
From BBC
But the gulf between public opinion and civil culpability is vast, attorneys for the platforms say.
From Los Angeles Times
The two designers were promoted as part of a vast overhaul of creative director positions in the European luxury clothing sector in the last 12 months.
From Barron's
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