/vɑːst/
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Translation
Extremely big; so large it is hard to imagine.
Word origin
From Latin vastus, meaning empty or immense.
- Origin
- Latin
- Root
- vastus
- English cognates
- waste, devastate
Examples
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Vast means extremely big.
stadium.
Here vast describes a very large number of people.
majority .
"The vast majority" means almost everyone.
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