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{
"term": "vast",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "b2",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "extremely large in area, size, amount, etc.",
"examples": [
{
"text": "a vast area of forest"
},
{
"text": "a vast crowd"
},
{
"text": "In **the vast majority** of cases, this should not be a problem."
},
{
"text": "They sell a **vast array** of products."
},
{
"text": "a **vast amount** of information"
},
{
"text": "At dusk bats appear **in vast numbers**."
},
{
"text": "**vast quantities** of food"
},
{
"text": "His business empire was vast."
},
{
"text": "**vast sums** of money"
},
{
"text": "The special effects were a vast improvement over the original film."
},
{
"text": "She writes on a vast range of subjects."
},
{
"text": "It is a very rich country with vast resources."
},
{
"text": "Your help made a vast difference."
},
{
"text": "We’ve hired a marquee at vast expense."
},
{
"text": "To the south lay a vast area of wilderness."
},
{
"text": "Vast crowds lined the route of the marathon."
}
],
"synonyms": "huge"
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/vɑːst/",
"audio": "va/vast/vast__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/væst/",
"audio": "va/vast/vast__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "late Middle English: from Latin vastus ‘void, immense’."
}