What does "vast" mean?
Vast: 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.
Additional senses
- 2.Very great in numbers, quantity, or amount; as, a vast army; a vast sum of money.
- 3.Very great in importance; as, a subject of vast concern.
- 4.A waste region; boundless space; immensity. "The watery vast." Pope. Michael bid sound The archangel trumpet. Through the vast of heaven It sounded. Milton.
Sources
- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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