English Explanatory Dictionary

vast

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
  2. Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
  3. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
noun
  1. A vast space.
noun
  1. Acronym of visual audio sensory theater.
  2. Acronym of volcanic ash strategic initiative team.

Pronunciation

väst /vɑːst/ /vast/ /væst/ en-us-vast.ogg

Word forms

vast vaster more vast vastest most vast vasts

Etymology

From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.

Derived words

ultravast vastly vast majority vastness
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