vast

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: väst, IPA ^(key): /vɑːst/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /væst/

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Adjective

Positive vast

Comparative vaster

Superlative vastest

Positive vast

Comparative more vast

Superlative most vast

1. If something is vast, it is very, very big.

   Tax rates will go up for the vast majority of the population.

   The system wastes vast sums of money.

   To do such work takes vast amounts of time and patience.

   The army marched over the vast territories of Russia.

   We saw vast improvements in their test scores.

   Two boats simply wouldn't be able to find each other in these vast oceans.

   Indonesia is stretches over a vast number of islands.

   They're building a vast network of power lines to transport the electricity.

   He has a vast collection of photos.

   The building was vast and empty.

   The problem is that distances are so vast.

Related words

• vastness

Synonyms

• huge
• enormous
• massive