a vast expanse

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• vast — [ væst ] adjective ** extremely large: a vast empty plain a vast amount/number/quantity: Our dog eats a vast amount of food each day. a vast range/array: the vast array of computer games available in vast numbers/amounts: People flocked to the… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

• vast */*/ — UK [vɑːst] / US [væst] adjective Word forms vast : adjective vast comparative vaster superlative vastest extremely large a vast empty plain a vast amount/number/quantity: Our dog eats a vast amount of food each day. a vast range/array: the vast… …   English dictionary

• expanse — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ broad, endless, great, huge, infinite, large, limitless, long, vast, wide ▪ …   Collocations dictionary

• expanse — ex|panse [ıkˈspæns] n a very large area of water, sky, land etc expanse of ▪ an expanse of blue sky vast/wide/large etc expanse ▪ the vast expanse of the ocean …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• vast — adj. & n. adj. 1 immense, huge; very great (a vast expanse of water; a vast crowd). 2 colloq. great, considerable (makes a vast difference). n. poet. or rhet. a vast space (the vast of heaven). Derivatives: vastly adv. vastness n. Etymology: L… …   Useful english dictionary

• expanse — [[t]ɪkspæ̱ns[/t]] expanses N COUNT: usu N of n An expanse of something, usually sea, sky, or land, is a very large amount of it. ...a vast expanse of grassland …   English dictionary

• vast — I. adjective Etymology: Latin vastus; akin to Old High German wuosti empty, desolate, Old Irish fás Date: 1585 very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially in extent or range < vast knowledge > < a vast expanse > Synonyms: see… …   New Collegiate Dictionary

• expanse — expanse, amplitude, spread, stretch are comparable when they denote an area or range of considerable or conspicuous extent. Expanse is applied chiefly to vast areas open to view and usually uniform in character {pure as the expanse of Heaven… …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

• vast — vastly, adv. vastness, n. /vast, vahst/, adj., vaster, vastest, n. adj. 1. of very great area or extent; immense: the vast reaches of outer space. 2. of very great size or proportions; huge; enormous: vast piles of rubble left in the wake of the… …   Universalium

• vast — [[t]væst, vɑst[/t]] adj., er, est, n. 1) of very great area or extent 2) of very great size or proportions 3) very great in number, quantity, or amount 4) very great in degree or intensity 5) Literary. an immense expanse or space • Etymology:… …   From formal English to slang

• expanse — UK [ɪkˈspæns] / US noun [countable] Word forms expanse : singular expanse plural expanses a large area of land, water, or sky vast expanses of farmland …   English dictionary