vast
of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space.
very great in number, quantity, amount, etc.: vast sums of money.
very great in degree, intensity, etc.: an artisan of vast skill.
Literary. an immense or boundless expanse or space.
Origin of vast
1Other words for vast
Opposites for vast
Other words from vast
- vast·ly, adverb
- vast·ness, noun
- su·per·vast, adjective
Words Nearby vast
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How to use vast in a sentence
Let’s take those steps that the vast majority of health-care stakeholders support .
Affordable Care Act subsidies likely to increase under congressional plan | Amy Goldstein | February 11, 2021 | Washington PostUnsurprisingly, the vast majority of founders follow the directed course.
Voice technology has drastically improved and has become a major digital trend with a vast range of voice-activated technology like Siri, Alexa, Echo, Cortana, and Google Assistant.
Seven enterprise SEO strategies and tactics that really work | Harpreet Munjal | February 8, 2021 | Search Engine WatchThe vast majority of people there are not paying full price.
Paying for College Can Be Overwhelming. Here's What You Need to Know to Find an Affordable Option | Sean Gregory | February 5, 2021 | TimeShops, restaurants and schools in Washington were closed, and the vast majority of residents had been told to stay home whenever possible.
900,000 infected. Nearly 15,000 dead. How the coronavirus tore through D.C., Maryland and Virginia. | Rebecca Tan, Antonio Olivo, John D. Harden | February 5, 2021 | Washington Post
Though this too is debatable given that 25,000 to 40,000 people a year die of influenza—the vast majority of them unvaccinated.
When You Get the Flu This Winter, You Can Blame Anti-Vaxxers | Kent Sepkowitz | January 1, 2015 | THE DAILY BEASTIn other words, this is a very small vast-right-wing-conspiracy.
How Canadian Oilmen Pinkwash the Keystone Pipeline | Jay Michaelson | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTWith its vast web of resources and services, including its support groups, the Center has often helped save these people lives.
It would be difficult to find an issue with less resonance with the vast majority of voters than climate change.
What qualifies as vast enough, as comprehensive enough, as representative enough to faithfully render a city and its people?
For example, there is a vast discussion afoot upon the questions that centre upon Property, its rights and its limitations.
The Salvaging Of Civilisation | H. G. (Herbert George) WellsThis was a vast building of classical design, resembling a Grecian temple.
The Pit Town Coronet, Volume I (of 3) | Charles James WillsThus the whole State became one vast armed camp, nearly forty thousand men on a side, arrayed against each other.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnThe endless miles of railways, the vast apparatus of the factories, the soaring structures of the cities bear easy witness to it.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen LeacockA vast mountain of green water lifted up its bulk and fell upon us in a ravening cataract.
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British Dictionary definitions for vast
/ (vɑːst) /
unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense
(prenominal) (intensifier): in vast haste
the vast mainly poetic immense or boundless space
British dialect a very great amount or number
Origin of vast
1Derived forms of vast
- vastity, noun
- vastly, adverb
- vastness, noun
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