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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Unusually great in size or amount or degree or especially extent or scope
Example:
the vast accumulation of knowledge...which we call civilization
Synonyms:
Brobdingnagian; huge; immense; vast
Classified under:
Similar:
big; large (above average in size or number or quantity or magnitude or extent)
Derivation:
vastness (unusual largeness in size or extent or number)
Context examples:
The vast majority of cases are benign.
(Ovarian Thecoma, NCI Thesaurus)
An ovarian tumor in which the vast majority of the cells (more than 90% of the tumor cells) resemble steroid hormone-secreting cells.
(Ovarian Steroid Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Adenocarcinomas constitute the vast majority of ovarian carcinomas.
(Ovarian Carcinoma, NCI Thesaurus)
It was true, there were other dogs, There could not but be other dogs on so vast a place, but they did not count.
(The Call of the Wild, by Jack London)
The vast majority of cases are B-cell non-Hodgkin lymphomas.
(Breast Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
"Is too vast to be now discussed," said Challenger, with decision.
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
The vast majority of cases are of B-cell phenotype and include mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphomas, follicular lymphomas, and diffuse large B-cell lymphomas.
(Pancreatic Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
The vast majority of cases present as stage I tumors; however, all tumors have a potential for aggressive clinical course.
(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)
Oh! A vast deal indeed; she hardly talked of anything else.
(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)
A monoclonal B-cell lymphoproliferation in the vast majority of cases.
(classical Hodgkin lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus)
