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# vast

adjective (vast, vaster, vastest)

«vast» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Extremely large in size, amount or area. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#m1)
2. «The vast majority» means nearly all. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#m2)

### In the lessons

In geography and science: vast oceans, deserts, space. In stories: a vast hall or forest sets a scene that feels huge. In maths and data: «the vast majority» means much more than half, usually nearly all.

### Examples

- The Pacific is a vast ocean. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x1)
- Space is so vast that light takes years to cross it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x2)
- They walked across a vast, empty desert. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x3)
- The vast majority of the class passed the test. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x4)
- A vast crowd filled the stadium. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x5)
- The library has a vast number of books. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x6)
- Empty, vast, and cold were the halls of the Snow Queen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/#x7)

### Note

Stronger than «big» or «large». «Vastly» = very much: vastly different. «The vast majority» is used with countable nouns and means far more than half.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «vast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/vast/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«vast» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/vast.html) on Mova free.