"vast" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /vɑːst/ [UK], /væst/ [US] Audio: en-us-vast.ogg [US] Forms: vaster [comparative], more vast [comparative], vastest [superlative], most vast [superlative]
enPR: väst Rhymes: -ɑːst Etymology: From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{der|en|frm|vaste}} Middle French vaste, {{der|en|la|vastus|t=void, immense}} Latin vastus (“void, immense”), {{m|en|waste}} waste, {{cog|de|Wüste}} German Wüste, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}} Head templates: {{en-adj|er|more}} vast (comparative vaster or more vast, superlative vastest or most vast)
  1. Very large or wide (literally or figuratively). Translations (very large or wide (literally or figuratively)): شَاسِع (šāsiʕ) (Arabic), وَاسِع (wāsiʕ) (Arabic), шыро́кі (šyróki) (Belarusian), веліза́рны (vjelizárny) (Belarusian), вялі́зны (vjalízny) (Belarusian), велічэ́зны (vjeličézny) (Belarusian), обши́рен (obšíren) (Bulgarian), огро́мен (ogrómen) (Bulgarian), vast (Catalan), 浩大 (hàodà) (Chinese Mandarin), rozlehlý (Czech), enorm (Danish), enorm (Dutch), vasta (Esperanto), tohutu (Estonian), ääretu (Estonian), suur (Estonian), valtava (Finnish), laaja (Finnish), vaste (French), immense (French), vasto (Galician), ვრცელი (vrceli) (Georgian), ვეებერთელა (veebertela) (Georgian), უზარმაზარი (uzarmazari) (Georgian), თვალუწვდენელი (tvaluc̣vdeneli) (Georgian), უსაზღვრო (usazɣvro) (Georgian), beträchtlich (German), weit (German), ausgedehnt (German), enorm (German), riesig (German), απέραντος (apérantos) (Greek), óriási (Hungarian), hatalmas (Hungarian), uafásach (Irish), ampio (Italian), vasto (Italian), esteso (Italian), grande (Italian), immenso (Italian), 広大な (kōdai na) (alt: こうだいな) (Japanese), 莫大な (bakudai na) (alt: ばくだいな) (Japanese), 광대하다 (gwangdaehada) (Korean), 거대하다 (geodaehada) (Korean), 광막하다 (gwangmakhada) (Korean), effūsus (Latin), whakatikotiko (Maori), enorm (Norwegian Bokmål), obszerny (Polish), rozległy (Polish), zdecydowany (note: in some collocations) (Polish), vasto (Portuguese), обши́рный (obšírnyj) (Russian), огро́мный (ogrómnyj) (Russian), rozľahlý (Slovak), rozsiahly (Slovak), drvivý [figuratively] (Slovak), enormný (Slovak), vasto (Spanish), enorme (Spanish), enorm (Swedish), རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ (rgya chen po) (Tibetan), dev (Turkish), engin (Turkish), muazzam (Turkish), широ́кий (šyrókyj) (Ukrainian), величе́зний (velyčéznyj) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-vast-en-adj-TmymvOJp Disambiguation of 'very large or wide (literally or figuratively)': 81 19 0
  2. Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent.
    Sense id: en-vast-en-adj-jYQAKtlX
  3. (obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely. Tags: obsolete
    Sense id: en-vast-en-adj-pz~7zmI0

Noun

IPA: /vɑːst/ [UK], /væst/ [US] Audio: en-us-vast.ogg [US] Forms: vasts [plural]
enPR: väst Rhymes: -ɑːst Etymology: From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste. Etymology templates: {{dercat|en|itc-pro|ine-pro}}, {{der|en|frm|vaste}} Middle French vaste, {{der|en|la|vastus|t=void, immense}} Latin vastus (“void, immense”), {{m|en|waste}} waste, {{cog|de|Wüste}} German Wüste, {{root|en|ine-pro|*h₁weh₂-}} Head templates: {{en-noun}} vast (plural vasts)
  1. (poetic) A vast space. Tags: poetic Derived forms: ultravast, vastly, vast majority, vastness
    Sense id: en-vast-en-noun-VI1r9Th1 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 29 14 54

Inflected forms

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          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "obšíren",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "обши́рен"
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          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "ogrómen",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "огро́мен"
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          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vast"
        },
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          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "hàodà",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "浩大"
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          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "rozlehlý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vasta"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "tohutu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "ääretu"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "suur"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "valtava"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "laaja"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vaste"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
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        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "vrceli",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "ვრცელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "veebertela",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "ვეებერთელა"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "uzarmazari",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "უზარმაზარი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "tvaluc̣vdeneli",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "თვალუწვდენელი"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "usazɣvro",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "უსაზღვრო"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "beträchtlich"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "weit"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "ausgedehnt"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "riesig"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "apérantos",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "απέραντος"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "óriási"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "hatalmas"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ga",
          "lang": "Irish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "uafásach"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "ampio"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "esteso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "grande"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "immenso"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "alt": "こうだいな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "kōdai na",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "広大な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "alt": "ばくだいな",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bakudai na",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "莫大な"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwangdaehada",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "광대하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "geodaehada",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "거대하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "gwangmakhada",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "광막하다"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "effūsus"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "whakatikotiko"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "obszerny"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "rozległy"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "note": "in some collocations",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "zdecydowany"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "obšírnyj",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "обши́рный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "ogrómnyj",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "огро́мный"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "rozľahlý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "rozsiahly"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "tags": [
            "figuratively"
          ],
          "word": "drvivý"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enormný"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "vasto"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "es",
          "lang": "Spanish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorme"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "sv",
          "lang": "Swedish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "enorm"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "bo",
          "lang": "Tibetan",
          "roman": "rgya chen po",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "dev"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "engin"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "tr",
          "lang": "Turkish",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "muazzam"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "šyrókyj",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "широ́кий"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "81 19 0",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "velyčéznyj",
          "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
          "word": "величе́зний"
        }
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        {
          "ref": "1951 October, R. S. McNaught, “Lines of Approach”, in Railway Magazine, page 703",
          "text": "Another place where, from the aesthetic point of view, a long tunnel would have been a real blessing, is East London as viewed from the carriage window on the old Great Eastern line. Despite a vast change from crowded slums to tracts of wasteland, due to its grim wartime experience, this approach still provides a shabby and unworthy introduction to the great capital.",
          "type": "quotation"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012 March-April, Anna Lena Phillips, “Sneaky Silk Moths”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, page 172",
          "text": "Last spring, the periodical cicadas emerged across eastern North America. Their vast numbers and short above-ground life spans inspired awe and irritation in humans—and made for good meals for birds and small mammals.",
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      ],
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        "Very great in size, amount, degree, intensity, or especially extent."
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      "glosses": [
        "Waste; desert; desolate; lonely."
      ],
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(obsolete) Waste; desert; desolate; lonely."
      ],
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        "obsolete"
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    }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑːst/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/væst/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːst"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ვრცელი"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "ვეებერთელა"
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "უსაზღვრო"
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      "code": "de",
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "hu",
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    {
      "code": "hu",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
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      "code": "ga",
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "word": "esteso"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "grande"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "immenso"
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      "code": "ko",
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "mi",
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      "code": "nb",
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      "code": "pl",
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      "word": "obszerny"
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      "code": "pl",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "zdecydowany"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "обши́рный"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "ogrómnyj",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "огро́мный"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "rozľahlý"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "rozsiahly"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
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      "word": "drvivý"
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    {
      "code": "sk",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "enormný"
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    {
      "code": "es",
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      "word": "vasto"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "enorme"
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      "code": "sv",
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      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "enorm"
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    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "rgya chen po",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "རྒྱ་ཆེན་པོ"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "dev"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
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      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "muazzam"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "šyrókyj",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "широ́кий"
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      "code": "uk",
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      "roman": "velyčéznyj",
      "sense": "very large or wide (literally or figuratively)",
      "word": "величе́зний"
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*h₁weh₂-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Middle French vaste, from Latin vastus (“void, immense”). Related to waste and German Wüste.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "vasts",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "vast (plural vasts)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English poetic terms"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A vast space."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "poetic",
          "poetic"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poetic) A vast space."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "poetic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɑːst/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/væst/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑːst"
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-vast.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/e/e8/En-us-vast.ogg/En-us-vast.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e8/En-us-vast.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    },
    {
      "enpr": "väst"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vast"
}

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