vast meaning
EN[vɑːst] [væst] [-ɑːst]US
WVast
- NounPLvasts
- AdjectiveCOMvasterCOMmore vastSUPvastestSUPmost 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.
- 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.
- (obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
- Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- Large-scale projects such as motion-picture production use huge sets with seamless painted walls, cycs, and floors—not to mention a vast array of lights.
- The vast majority of these studies have focused on the variability in the CYP3A and ABCB1 genes, which are responsible for the metabolism and transport of anticalcineurin inhibitors [27 ,28 ].
- There is a vast amount of literature available that provides in-depth reviews of modeling shallow water flows using the finite difference, finite volume, and finite element methods.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
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