vastness

UK/'vɑ:stnis/US

TOEFLB1

Definitions

The quality or state of being immensely large in extent or amount

广阔，浩瀚，巨大

Root Breakdown

Root-derived

vastempty, waste, desolate

-nessstate, quality

=vastness

vast + -ness (the quality of) = the quality of being vast — immense extent. A transparent abstract noun built straight from vast; see vast for the core sense.

Root vast still carries 5 more words

Example Sentences

1.
Standing on the cliff, she felt the vastness of the ocean before her.
2.
The vastness of space is impossible to truly imagine.

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