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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Vast \Vast\, n.
     A waste region; boundless space; immensity. ``The watery
     vast.'' --Pope.
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           Michael bid sound
           The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven
           It sounded.                              --Milton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Vast \Vast\, a. [Compar. Vaster; superl. Vastest.] [L.
     vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See
     Waste, and cf. Devastate.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
              The empty, vast, and wandering air.   --Shak.
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     2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in
        bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast
        mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Through the vast and boundless deep.  --Milton.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast
        army; a vast sum of money.
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     4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.
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From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) : [ vera ]


  VAST
       Virtual Archive Storage Technology

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Vast \Vast\, a. [Compar. Vaster; superl. Vastest.] [L.
     vastus empty, waste, enormous, immense: cf. F. vaste. See
     Waste, and cf. Devastate.]
     1. Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. [Obs.]
  
              The empty, vast, and wandering air.   --Shak.
  
     2. Of great extent; very spacious or large; also, huge in
        bulk; immense; enormous; as, the vast ocean; vast
        mountains; the vast empire of Russia.
  
              Through the vast and boundless deep.  --Milton.
  
     3. Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast
        army; a vast sum of money.
  
     4. Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
  
     Syn: Enormous; huge; immense; mighty.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Vast \Vast\, n.
     A waste region; boundless space; immensity. ``The watery
     vast.'' --Pope.
  
           Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet. Through the
           vast of heaven It sounded.               --Milton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  vast
       adj : unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially
             extent or scope; "huge government spending"; "huge
             country estates"; "huge popular demand for higher
             education"; "a huge wave"; "the Los Angeles aqueduct
             winds like an immense snake along the base of the
             mountains"; "immense numbers of birds"; "at vast (or
             immense) expense"; "the vast reaches of outer space";
             "the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call
             civilization"- W.R.Inge [syn: huge, immense, Brobdingnagian]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Αγγλικά a.
     τεράστιος, πελώριος, υπερμεγέθης, αχανής, απέραντος
     Αγγλικά n.
     (ετ λογοτ en) το διάστημα

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Catalan a.
     (l en vast), wide
     Dutch a.
     1 firm, fast, tight
     2 fixed, not moving or changing
     3 stuck, unable to get out
     4 (lb nl chemistry) in the solid state
     5 (lb nl botany) perennial
     6 (lb nl of a telephone) using a landline
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl obsolete) almost; about; close to
     2 surely, certainly
     3 (lb nl informal sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl vasten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     Ingrian adv.
     just now
     Ingrian prep.
     against, towards
     Ludian n.
     bundle (of switches for the sauna)
     Romanian a.
     (l en vast)
     Veps n.
     1 broom, whisk
     2 bath broom

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast.
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi vastaus)
     2 (abbreviation of fi vastaukset)
     3 (abbreviation of fi vastaava)
     4 (abbreviation of fi vastaavasti)

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  VAST
     n.
     1 (acronym of en visual audio sensory theater)
     2 (lb en ESA volcanology) (acronym of en volcanic ash strategic
  initiative team)

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     a.
     1 Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
     2 Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially
  extent.
     3 (lb en obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.
     n.
     (lb en poetic) A vast space.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  VAST
     n.
     1 (acronym of en visual audio sensory theater)
     2 (lb en ESA volcanology) (acronym of en volcanic ash strategic
  initiative team)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Catalan a.
     (l en vast), wide
     Dutch a.
     1 firm, fast, tight
     2 fixed, not moving or changing
     3 stuck, unable to get out
     4 (lb nl chemistry) in the solid state
     5 (lb nl botany) perennial
     6 (lb nl of a telephone) using a landline
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl obsolete) almost; about; close to
     2 surely, certainly
     3 (lb nl informal sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl vasten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     Livonian prep.
     against
     Romanian a.
     (l en vast)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  vast.
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi vastaus)
     2 (abbreviation of fi vastaukset)
     3 (abbreviation of fi vastaava)
     4 (abbreviation of fi vastaavasti)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  VAST
     n.
     1 (acronym of en visual audio sensory theater)
     2 (lb en ESA volcanology) (acronym of en volcanic ash strategic
  initiative team)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Catalan a.
     (l en vast), wide
     Dutch a.
     1 firm, fast, tight
     2 fixed, not moving or changing
     3 stuck, unable to get out
     4 (lb nl chemistry) in the solid state
     5 (lb nl botany) perennial
     6 (lb nl of a telephone) using a landline
     Dutch adv.
     1 (lb nl obsolete) almost; about; close to
     2 surely, certainly
     3 (lb nl informal sarcastically) sure, yeah, right
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl vasten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     Livonian prep.
     against

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  vast.
     Finnish n.
     1 (abbreviation of fi vastaus)
     2 (abbreviation of fi vastaukset)
     3 (abbreviation of fi vastaava)
     4 (abbreviation of fi vastaavasti)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  VAST
     n.
     1 (acronym of en visual audio sensory theater)
     2 (lb en ESA volcanology) (acronym of en volcanic ash strategic
  initiative team)

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Englanti a.
     valtava, laaja

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast.
     abbr.
     1 vastaus, vastaukset
     2 vastaava, vastaavasti

From Finnish Wiktionary: Finnish language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-fi-2023-07-27 ]


  vast.
     abbr.
     1 vastaus, vastaukset
     2 vastaava, vastaavasti

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  vast
     Fornsvenska vb.
     (böjning gmq-fsv verb vara)

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 : [ freedict:eng-afr ]


  vast /vˈast/
  uitgestrek

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Vast /vˈast/
  واسع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  vast //væst// //vɑːst// 
  обши́рен, огро́мен
  very large or wide (literally or figuratively)