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vast
adj
    1. Extremely great in size, extent or amount.
      Thesaurus: large, enormous, huge, expansive, extensive, ample, widespread, comprehensive; infinite, boundless, eternal; Antonym: limited, narrow, confined.
    2. colloq
      Considerable; appreciable.
      Example: a vast difference
noun
    1. literary
      An immense tract; a boundless or empty expanse of space or time.
Derivative: vastly
adverb
    Derivative: vastness
    noun
      The state or quality of being vast
        Thesaurus: expanse, extent, enormity, hugeness, greatness, reach.
    Etymology: 16c: from Latin vastus desolate or huge; compare waste.



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