vast

English

/vɑːst/, /væst/

adj
Definitions
  • Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).
  • Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
  • (obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

Etymology

Derived from Middle French vaste derived from Latin vastus (vast, wide, empty, immense, monstrous, huge, enormous, void) root from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (empty, be lacking, be empty, abandon, leave, wasted, lack, deserted).

Origin

Proto-Indo-European

*h₁weh₂-

Gloss

empty, be lacking, be empty, abandon, leave, wasted, lack, deserted

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Quantity

Ontological Category

Property

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