vast

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   unusually great in size, amount, degree, extent, or scope

   The universe in unquestionably vast.

2. 2
   adj

   Very large or wide (literally or figuratively).

   The Sahara desert is vast.

3. 3
   adj

   Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.

   The exiguity and ſmallneſſe of ſome ſeeds extending to large productions is one of the magnalities of nature, ſomewhat illuſtrating the work of the Creation, and vaſt production from nothing.

4. 4
   adj

   Waste; desert; desolate; lonely.

   the empty, vast, and wandering air

5. 5
   noun

   A vast space.

   they have seemed to be together, though absent, shook hands, as over a vast, and embraced, as it were, from the ends of opposed winds.

6. 6
   noun

   Acronym of visual audio sensory theater.

7. 7
   noun

   Acronym of volcanic ash strategic initiative team.

Etymology

From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.