4  definitions  found 
 
  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  1.6  [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}] 
 
  From  V.E.R.A.  --  Virtual  Entity  of  Relevant  Acronyms  13  March  2001  [vera]: 
 
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