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10 Language-to-English DictionariesVastness
/ˈvæst.nəs/Comprehensive Definitions & Senses
2 senses- 1
An immense or boundless area; a very great extent of space or quantity.
"They stood on the cliff, gazing out at the vastness of the Pacific Ocean." - 2
The quality or state of being vast, immense, or overwhelmingly huge.
"The sheer vastness of the universe makes human concerns seem wonderfully insignificant."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology
Derived from the adjective 'vast' (from Latin 'vastus', meaning empty, desolate, or immense) combined with the Old English nominal suffix '-nes', which forms abstract nouns of state or quality. The term emerged in the late 16th century during the early modern English period to describe physical or conceptual immensity.
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10 Global Lexicons: How "Vastness" is said worldwide
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immensité
Transliteration: ee-mã-seh-teh
"Il contemplait l'immensité du désert."
Unendlichkeit
Transliteration: oon-end-lihç-kite
"Sie bestaunten die Unendlichkeit des Sternenhimmels."
immensità
Transliteration: eem-men-see-tah
"La nave navigava nella vasta immensità del mare."
inmensidad
Transliteration: een-men-see-dad
"Se sintió pequeño ante la inmensidad del océano."
imensidão
Transliteration: ee-mẽ-see-dãw
"Eles perderam-se na imensidão da planície."
विशालता
Transliteration: vishalta
"आकाश की विशालता देखकर वह हैरान रह गया।"
浩瀚
Transliteration: hào hàn
"航天员凝视着宇宙的浩瀚。"
광활함
Transliteration: gwang-hwal-ham
"우리는 대평원의 광활함에 압도되었다."
広大さ
Transliteration: kōdai-sa
"私たちは大空の広大さに魅了された。"
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