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vastness

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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.

[Latin vstus.]

vastly adv.
vastness n.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.vastness - unusual largeness in size or extent or number
bigness, largeness - the property of having a relatively great size
enormity - vastness of size or extent; "in careful usage the noun enormity is not used to express the idea of great size"; "universities recognized the enormity of their task"
Translations
vastness [ˈvɑːstnɪs] Ninmensidad f
vastness [ˈvɑːstnɪs] nimmensité f
vastness
n (of size)riesiges or gewaltiges Ausmaß, riesige Größe; (of distance)ungeheures Ausmaß; (of ocean, plane, area)riesige Weite; (of sums of money)ungeheure Höhe; (of success)Ausmaß nt; (of difference)Größe f; (of knowledge, wealth)gewaltiger Umfang
vastness [ˈvɑːstnɪs] n (of territory) → vastità, immensità
the vastness of his wealth → la vastità delle sue ricchezze


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The Distinguished Naturalist made no immediate reply, but later, as in the shades of night they journeyed through the desolate vastness of the Great Lone Land, he broke the silence:
Amongst the great commercial streams of these islands, the Thames is the only one, I think, open to romantic feeling, from the fact that the sight of human labour and the sounds of human industry do not come down its shores to the very sea, destroying the suggestion of mysterious vastness caused by the configuration of the shore.
Let no one be surprised at the vastness of the amount.
 
 
 
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