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vast
(văst)adj. vast·er, vast·est
1. Very great in size, extent, or quantity. See Synonyms at enormous.
2. Very great in scope or import: a vast improvement.
n. Archaic
An immense space.
[Latin vāstus.]
vast′ly adv.
vast′ness n.
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vast
(vɑːst)adj
1. unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense
2. (prenominal) (intensifier): in vast haste.
n
3. the vast chiefly poetic immense or boundless space
4. dialect Brit a very great amount or number
[C16: from Latin vastus deserted]
ˈvastity n
ˈvastly adv
ˈvastness n
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vast
(væst, vɑst)adj. , -er, -est,
n. adj.
1. of very great area or extent.
2. of very great size or proportions.
3. very great in number, quantity, or amount.
4. very great in degree or intensity.
n. 5. Literary. an immense expanse or space.
[1565–75; < Latin vastus empty, immense]
vast′ly, adv.
vast′ness, n.
vast′y, adj. vast•i•er, vast•i•est.
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| Adj. | 1. |  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.Ingebig, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world" |
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vast
adjective huge, massive, enormous, great, wide, sweeping, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), unlimited, gigantic, astronomical, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, never-ending, prodigious, limitless, boundless, voluminous, immeasurable, unbounded, elephantine, ginormous (informal), vasty (archaic), measureless, illimitable, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) farmers who own vast stretches of land
small, tiny, microscopic, limited, bounded, narrow, trifling, negligible, paltry, puny
small, tiny, microscopic, limited, bounded, narrow, trifling, negligible, paltry, puny
Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002
vast
adjectiveOf extraordinary size and power:
behemoth, Brobdingnagian, Bunyanesque, colossal, cyclopean, elephantine, enormous, gargantuan, giant, gigantesque, gigantic, herculean, heroic, huge, immense, jumbo, mammoth, massive, massy, mastodonic, mighty, monster, monstrous, monumental, mountainous, prodigious, pythonic, stupendous, titanic, tremendous.
Informal: walloping.
Slang: whopping.
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Translations
واسِع، فَسيح
obrovskýrozlehlý
enorm
vasta
laajavaltava
gríîarstór, feiknamikill
bezgalīgslielsplašs
ogromenprostran
enorm
vast
[vɑːst] ADJ (vaster (compar) (vastest (superl *))) [building, quantity, organization] → enorme, inmenso *; [area] → vasto, extenso; [range, selection] → enorme, amplísimo; [knowledge, experience] → vastoat vast expense → gastando enormes cantidades de dinero
it's a vast improvement on his previous work → es muchísimo mejor que su trabajo anterior
the vast majority (of people) → la inmensa mayoría (de la gente) *
Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005
vast
[ˈvɑːst] adj [range, array, numbers, sums, quantities, area, expanse, distances] → vaste before n; [knowledge, experience] → vaste before n; [amount, success] → vaste before nat vast expense → à grand prix
the vast majority → la vaste majorité
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
vast
adj (+er) → gewaltig, riesig; area also → weit, ausgedehnt; bulk, difference also → riesengroß; knowledge → enorm; majority → überwältigend; wealth, powers → riesig, unermesslich; a vast expanse → eine weite Ebene; the vast expanse of the ocean → die unermessliche Weite des Ozeans; to a vast extent → in sehr hohem Maße; a vast success → ein Riesenerfolg m; at vast expense → zu enormen Kosten; to be a vast improvement on something → eine enorme Verbesserung gegenüber etw sein
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
vast
[vɑːst] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (territory, expanse) → vasto/a; (sum, amount) → ingente; (difference, improvement) → enormeat vast expense → con enorme dispendio di capitale
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
vast
(vaːst) adjective of very great size or amount. He inherited a vast fortune.
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