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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.

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.

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.

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

big, 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"

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

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vast

adjective

Of extraordinary size and power:

Informal: walloping.

Slang: whopping.

Translations

واسِع، فَسيح

obrovskýrozlehlý

enorm

beträchtlich unermesslich weit

αχανής

vasta

vasto inmenso extenso

laajavaltava

ample étendu immense large

gríîarstór, feiknamikill

vasto ampia ampio

bezgalīgslielsplašs

ogromenprostran

enorm

çok büyük uçsuz bucaksız

大量的巨大的

vast

[vɑːst] ADJ (vaster (compar) (vastest (superl *))) [building, quantity, organization] → enorme, inmenso *; [area] → vasto, extenso; [range, selection] → enorme, amplísimo; [knowledge, experience] → vasto
at 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 n
at 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

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vast

[vɑːst] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (territory, expanse) → vasto/a; (sum, amount) → ingente; (difference, improvement) → enorme
at vast expense → con enorme dispendio di capitale

vast

(vaːst) adjective

of very great size or amount. He inherited a vast fortune.

ˈvastness noun

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My small soul--you slowly opened it, with your holy hands; you smoothed and widened it to the vastest borders, you spread it out under the sun, so that the sun cleansed it and concentrated the aromas.

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