vast (redirected from vaster)

vast  (vst)

adj. vast·er, vast·est

1. Very great in size, number, amount, or quantity.

2. Very great in area or extent; immense.

3. Very great in degree or intensity. See Synonyms at enormous.

n. Archaic

An immense space.

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[Latin vstus.]

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vastly adv.

vastness n.

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vast [vɑːst]

adj

1. unusually large in size, extent, degree, or number; immense

2. (prenominal) (intensifier) in vast haste

n

the vast Chiefly poetic immense or boundless space

2. Brit dialect a very great amount or number

[from Latin vastus deserted]

vastity  n

vastly  adv

vastness  n

Thesaurus

Adj.

1.

vast - unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct winds like an immense snake along the base of the mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space"; "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization"- W.R.Inge huge, immense, Brobdingnagian big, large - above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent; "a large city"; "set out for the big city"; "a large sum"; "a big (or large) barn"; "a large family"; "big businesses"; "a big expenditure"; "a large number of newspapers"; "a big group of scientists"; "large areas of the world"

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vast

adjective huge, massive, enormous, great, wide, sweeping, extensive, tremendous, immense, mega (slang), unlimited, gigantic, astronomical, monumental, monstrous, mammoth, colossal, never-ending, prodigious, limitless, boundless, voluminous, fuck-off (offensive taboo slang), immeasurable, unbounded, elephantine, ginormous (informal), vasty (archaic), measureless, illimitable, humongous or humungous (U.S. slang) farmers who own vast stretches of land
small, tiny, microscopic, limited, bounded, narrow, trifling, negligible, paltry, puny

Translations

vast [vɑːst] ADJ (vaster (compar) (vastest (superl *))) [building, quantity, organization] → enorme, inmenso *; [area] → vasto, extenso; [range, selection] → enorme, amplísimo; [knowledge, experience] → vasto
at vast expense → gastando enormes cantidades de dinero
it's a vast improvement on his previous work → es muchísimo mejor que su trabajo anterior
the vast majority (of people) → la inmensa mayoría(de la gente)*

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vast [ˈvɑːst] adj [range, array, numbers, sums, quantities, area, expanse, distances] → vaste before n; [knowledge, experience] → vaste before n; [amount, success] → vaste before n
at vast expense → à grand prix
the vast majority → la vaste majorité

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vast

adj (+er) → gewaltig, riesig; area also → weit, ausgedehnt; bulk, difference also → riesengroß; knowledge → enorm; majority → überwältigend; wealth, powers → riesig, unermesslich; a vast expanse → eine weite Ebene; the vast expanse of the ocean → die unermessliche Weite des Ozeans; to a vast extent → in sehr hohem Maße; a vast success → ein Riesenerfolg m; at vast expense → zu enormen Kosten; to be a vast improvement on something → eine enorme Verbesserung gegenüber etw sein

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vast [vɑːst] adj (-er (comp) (-est (superl))) (territory, expanse) → vasto/a; (sum, amount) → ingente; (difference, improvement) → enorme
at vast expense → con enorme dispendio di capitale

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vast

adj vast [vaːst]

of very great size or amount He inherited a vast fortune. uitgestrekte واسِع، فَسيح огромен obrovský enorm unermeßlich τεράστιος vasto, inmenso tohutu عظیم valtava immense עָצוּם विशाल ogroman, neizmjeran óriási besar gríðarstór, feiknamikill vasto, enorme 巨大な 광대한 didžiulis plašs; liels; bezgalīgs besar; banyak enorm, uitgestrekt enorm, veldig, uhyre ogromny vasto mare; imens огромный obrovský ogromen ogroman väldig, ofantlig ใหญ่โต çok büyük, uçsuz bucaksız 巨大的，巨額的 величезний وسيع rộng lớn, mênh mông 深远的

n vastness

uitgestrektheid إتّساع، إمتِداد шир nesmírnost umådelig størrelse die Unermeßlichkeit απεραντοσύνη vastedad, inmensidad tohutu suurus عظمت laajuus immensité מֶרחַב विस्तार ogromnost végtelenség, mérhetetlenség ukuran besar feiknastærð; víðátta vastità, enormità 巨大さ 거대함, 엄청남 didumas plašums; lielums; bezgalība luas terbentang immensiteit uendelighet, vidstrakthet ogrom vastidão vastitate огромность nesmiernosť ogromnost ogromnost väldighet, ofantlighet ความใหญ่โต uçsuz bucaksız olma 深遠 численність وسعت rộng lớn, mênh mông 深远