vast

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

   • The Sahara desert is vast.
   • There is a vast difference between them.
   • They and the airline itself described an internal process that requires multiple departments to manually redesign the airline’s schedule – a system that works “the vast majority of the time,” Southwest said in a statement.
2. 2

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

   • The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.
   • Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.
3. 3

   Waste

   Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

   • the empty, vast, and wandering air
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   1. 4

      A vast space.

      • they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.
   2. 5

      Acronym of visual audio sensory theater.

   3. 6

      Acronym of volcanic ash strategic initiative team.

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