VASTNESS Definition & Meaning

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vastness

[ vast-nis ]

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noun

the fact or quality of being very great in extent, size, degree, amount, etc.; immensity or hugeness:
Given the vastness of the country, improved infrastructure will have to precede any economic development.
I was awestruck by the sheer vastness of her knowledge on the subject.

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of vastness¹

First recorded in 1600–10; vast ( def ) + -ness ( def )

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Beckett reminds us of the metaphysical vastness that the stage can contain.

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I love it for the way it captures history’s impossible vastness with a melancholy sweetness that is savored here.

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For too long, Californians believed that the state, with all of its vastness and beauty, could endure our excesses, Arax said.

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