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Etymology
From Latin vastus �void, immense�.

Pronunciation
AHD|väst, IPA|/v��st/, SAMPA|/vA:st/
audio|en-us-vast.ogg|Audio (US)
:Rhymes:English:-��st|Rhymes: -��st

Adjective
vast (compare vaster or more vast, super vastest or most vast)

1. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

#:The Sahara desert is vast.
#:There is a vast difference between them.

Translations
trans-top|very large or wide (literally or figuratively)
CJKV Characters: æ¼­
Chinese: 浩大�
Danish: t-|da|enorm
Dutch: enorm
Esperanto: vasta
Finnish: valtava, laaja
French: vaste m/f
German: beträchtlich
Greek: α�έ�αν�ο� m, α�έ�αν�η f, α�έ�αν�ο n
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Italian: ampio m, ampia f
Japanese: �大� (koudai-na), �大� (bakudai-na)
Korean: ���
Polish: rozleg�y m, rozleg�a f, rozleg�e n
Portuguese: vasto m, vasta f
Russian: более об�и�н�й m, более об�и�на� f, более об�и�ное n, более об�и�н�е pl
Swedish: enorm
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Noun
en-noun

1. 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

Anagrams
vats

Related terms
vastly
vastness

Dutch
Adjective
vast

1. firm; fast (as in tight)

#: Een knoop is een manier om een lijn (touw) min of meer blijvend ergens aan vast te maken, of om twee touwen aan elkaar vast te maken. — A knot is a manner of fastening more or less permanently a line of rope to someplace, or of fastening a pair of ropes to each other.

1. context|chemistry|lang=nl solid (i.e. in the solid state)

Derived terms
vastleggen
vastmaken
vaststellen
vastzitten

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Romani

Noun
vast m

1. hand

Category:Romani nouns

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