vast B1 Topic:Describing Qualities US /vast/ UK /vɑːst/ See IPA manual Freq #4128 Meanings 1 adj Extremely large in size, amount, or extent. The desert stretched out in a vast empty plain. Thesaurus Synonyms 1 adj · extremely large in size,... hugeenormousimmense Word family Forms vastervastest Common collocations vast majority Adjective + noun vast accumulation Adjective + noun Etymology AI details From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste. vaste Middle French vastus Latin *h₁weh₂- Proto-Indo-European View etymology graph -> Topics Describing Qualities External links Cambridge Dictionary Wiktionary Google Images # vast **Type:** Word **Level:** B1 **Part of speech:** adj **IPA (US):** /vast/ **IPA (UK):** /vɑːst/ **Frequency rank:** 4128 ## Meanings 1. Extremely large in size, amount, or extent. ## Examples - The desert stretched out in a vast empty plain. ## Roots and Affixes - Root: vaste - Root: vastus - Root: *h₁weh₂- ## Etymology From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste. ## AI Etymology Vast is from Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste. The historical line also includes Middle French vaste, Latin vastus, Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂-. In present-day use, it can mean extremely large in size, amount, or extent. ## Topics - Describing Qualities markdown