vastness

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vastness

  • /ˈvɑːstnəs/ UK
  • /ˈvæstnəs/ US

Rhymes with -æstnəs, -ɑːstnəs

noun vastnesses

  1. uncountable The quality of being vast. He was thinking; but the glory of the song, the swell from the great organ, the clustered lights, […], the height and vastness of this noble fane, its antiquity and its strength—all these things seemed to have their part as causes of the thrilling emotion that accompanied his thoughts.
  2. countable Something vast. He had a feeling that he was lost in the vastness of a huge forest.

Similar: enormity, immensity

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noun quality of being vast

Españolvastedad
Françaisimmensité
Italianoimmensità, vastità
Русскийобширность obširnostʹ, ширь širʹ, простор prostor

noun something vast

Españolvastedad

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@misc{vastness_2026,
  title = {vastness},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/vastness},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}