vast
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English [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Latin vastus (“void, immense”).
Pronunciation [edit]
Adjective [edit]
vast (comparative vaster or more vast, superlative vastest or most vast)
- Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
- The Sahara desert is vast.
- There is a vast difference between them.
- Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
- 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:
- 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.
- 2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172:
Translations [edit]
very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
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Noun [edit]
vast (plural vasts)
- (poetic) A vast space.
- 1608: 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. — William Shakespeare, The Winter's Tale, I.i
Derived terms [edit]
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Most common English words before 1923: Rome · twelve · opposite · #972: vast · isn't · board · associated
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Pronunciation [edit]
Etymology [edit]
Ultimately from Proto-Germanic *fastuz, from Proto-Indo-European *pasto- (“solid”).
Cognate via Germanic with English fast, German fest, Icelandic (and Faroese) fastur, Norwegian fast, and Swedish fast. Cognate via Proto-Indo-European with Armenian հաստ (hast, “thick”) and Sanskrit पस्त्य (pastyá).
Adjective [edit]
vast (comparative vaster, superlative meest vast or vastst)
- firm, fast, tight
- fixed, not moving or changing
- vaste lasten
- fixed costs
- vaste lasten
- stuck, unable to get out
- (chemistry) in the solid state
- (botany) perennial
- (of a telephone) using a landline
Declension [edit]
Declension of vast
Derived terms [edit]
Adverb [edit]
vast
- surely, certainly
- (informal, sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
- Mijn hond heeft mijn huiswerk opgegeten. — Ja, vast!
- My dog ate my homework. — Yeah, right!
- Mijn hond heeft mijn huiswerk opgegeten. — Ja, vast!
Synonyms [edit]
Verb [edit]
vast
- first-, second- and third-person singular present indicative of vasten
- imperative of vasten
Romani [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Sanskrit हस्त (hasta), from Proto-Indo-Iranian, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵʰés-to- (“hand”) < *ǵʰes-. Compare Punjabi ਹਸਤ (hast), Hindi हाथ (hāth), Bengali হাত (hat); cf. also Persian دست (dast).
Noun [edit]
vast m (plural vast)
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