A world without America would be hardly worth living in, argues Peter Conrad in his survey of the vast cultural reach of the US
Science slams spread around Germany
Researchers in the sciences and humanities are turning to un-traditional
venues, like bars and clubs as a way to present their research
vast
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Pronunciation: /vɑːst
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ADJECTIVE
NOUN
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An immense space.
MORE EXAMPLE SENTENCES
- And up from the vast a murmuring passed As from a wood of pines.
Origin
late middle english: from Latin vastus 'void, immense'.
slam
v., slammed, slam·ming, slams. v.tr.
- To shut with force and loud noise: slammed the door.
- To put, throw, or otherwise forcefully move so as to produce a loud noise: slammed the book on the desk.
- To hit or strike with great force.
- Slang. To criticize harshly; censure forcefully.
- To close or swing into place with force so as to produce a loud noise.
- To hit something with force; crash: slammed into a truck.
- A forceful impact that makes a loud noise.
- A noise so produced.
- An act of shutting forcefully and loudly: the slam of a door.
- Slang. A harsh or devastating criticism. A poetry slam.
[Perhaps of Scandinavian origin, akin to Old Norse slambra, to strike at.]
slam2 (slăm)
n.
- The winning of all the tricks or all but one during the play of one hand in bridge and other whist-derived card games.
- A contract to make a slam.
[Origin unknown.]
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