vastness

«vastness» in Mova's school dictionary: The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (vastness, uncountable; vastnesses — rare)

meaning for a pupil

1) The quality of being extremely large, wide or huge. tree →

2) A very large, empty area, such as a desert, an ocean or space. tree →

sense in the lessons

Used in stories, poems and science to make the reader feel how big and empty something is: the vastness of space, of the ocean, of the desert. It often makes a person feel small or lonely. Phrases: "the vastness of space", "in the vastness of".

examples

• The astronaut stared out at the vastness of space. tree →
• The vastness of the ocean made the little boat seem tiny. tree →
• We were amazed by the vastness of the desert. tree →
• In the vastness of the Australian outback, there was no house for miles. tree →
• The vastness of the library made it easy to get lost. tree →
• Scientists still cannot imagine the vastness of the universe. tree →

note

Mostly uncountable: "the vastness of", not "a vastness". It comes from "vast" plus -ness. It describes size, not a number.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «vastness» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.