Definition for VAST'NESS

VAST'NESS, n.

  1. Great extent; immensity; as, the vastness of the ocean or of space.
  2. Immense bulk and extent; as, the vastness of a mountain.
  3. Immense magnitude or amount; as, the vastness of an army, or of the sums of money necessary to support it.
  4. Immense importance.

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