Meaning

3 senses
  1. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

    The Sahara desert is vast.

    There is a vast difference between them.

    beträchtlich, weit, ausgedehnt

    обши́рныйobšírnyj, огро́мныйogrómnyj

    широ́кийšyrókyj, величе́знийvelyčéznyj

  2. Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.

    unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope

  3. (obsolete)Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Examples

194 sentences
  1. They crossed the vast continent on foot.

  2. We can utilize the resources of this vast region by distributing tasks among ourselves.

  3. The village was threatened by a vast wildfire.

    Селу загрожувала жахлива пожежа. — Ahha

  4. He thought of himself as a speck of dust in an immensely vast universe.

    Він думав про себе, як про пилинку в надзвичайно просторому Всесвіті. — Ahha

    deEr verstand sich als ein Staubkörnchen in einem unermesslich großen Universum. — samueldora

  5. Cats have a vast interiority.

    Коти мають багатий внутрішній світ. — deniko

    ruУ кошек богатый внутренний мир. — Ooneykcall

    deKatzen haben eine reiche Innenwelt. — mhr

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
very large or wide (literally or figuratively):
Русский
By meaning 1
very large or wide (literally or figuratively):
Deutsch
By meaning 1
very large or wide (literally or figuratively):

Origin

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

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

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Forms

vaster/more vast, vastest/most vast
Comparativevaster / more vast Lesson
Superlativevastest / most vast Lesson

regular

Synonyms

4 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

8 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary

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