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vast

vast [ vast ]


adjective  (comparative vaster, superlative vastest)
Definition:
 
very great in size or amount: very great in number, size, amount, extent, or degree



noun 
Definition:
 
immense space: the immense expanse of space ( literary )

[Late 16th century. < Latin vastus "immense, empty"]

vast·ly adverb
vast·ness noun
vas·ti·tude noun
vas·ti·ty [ vástətee ] noun
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