Kilo Lingo

/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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This word is part of lesson 59.