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VAHST/vɑːst/

Vast means extremely large in area, number, or scale — bigger than large or big, and not usually used for a person's body. The vast majority is a set phrase (almost all), and vast amounts of data / a vast area are typical. Register is slightly literary or formal; huge is more informal.

Meaning

Extremely large in area, size, or amount.

Examples

• “The internet contains a vast amount of information.”
• “A vast majority of voters supported the change.”
• “They crossed a vast stretch of desert.”

Good to know

the vast majority = almost all. For scale, not usually for people.

Near in meaning

huge

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