{
    "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’."
}