behemoth
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- noun
- /bɪˈhiːməθ/
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gigante
- Several publishing houses, including behemoths Simon & Schuster and Random House, have begun laying off staff.
It's this giant, complicated behemoth of a platform.
- It's this giant, complicated behemoth of a platform.
- But it's the publishing thing is, is just such a big, slow behemoth to spin up.
- We can't trust big behemoth corporations to tell us the truth, obviously.
- And he was the worldwide CEO of KPMG, the accounting behemoth.
- Instead, they are being greeted by two new behemoths standing over them and watching their every move.
- So these banks, you know who's getting the pass right now is the big giant behemoths.
- Picking an absolute moron to run against a behemoth strong leader like Trump was equally stupid.
- So yeah, you know, I respect the time for getting in there and respect to you for taking on a a behemoth like him.
- Would you just be hammering away at we are the next AI AI behemoth or would you go the Tim Cook route and just barely even acknowledge it?
- So Eugene O'kelly was the former CEO of KPMG, the accounting behemoth, a tight enough industry, someone who was admired by so many people.
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The range of suppliers is huge, from the single sole trader to the international behemoth.
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And we have the streaming behemoths that do these buyouts where they pay all the money upfront for the talent.
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So yeah, you know, I respect the time for getting in there and respect to you for taking on a a behemoth like him.
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It's this giant, complicated behemoth of a platform.
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Because it may need to be a strength in numbers effort against the behemoth that is NVIDIA now.
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So Eugene O'kelly was the former CEO of KPMG, the accounting behemoth, a tight enough industry, someone who was admired by so many people.
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A financial behemoth that will cheerfully replenish its depleted vaults.
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Amazon is a behemoth of online shopping, dominating the market with its massive range of products.
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The company has grown into a media behemoth, producing blockbuster films and popular television series.
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As one of the largest automobile manufacturers, Toyota is a global behemoth in the industry.
Synonyms
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2.5
A very large person or animal with a strange, frightening body
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1.0
A very large and strong person or thing
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4.5
A person, team, or organization that is very successful and able to influence others
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3.5
A person who has great power or influence in a field
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7.1
A very powerful and important person in a field
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9.1
A very large powerful force that cannot be stopped, for example a company or government
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9.3
A very large and powerful thing, for example a company or ship
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7.5
A very large, strong, or important person like a leader
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7.4
A very large and powerful person or company that beats others easily
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8.2
A very large and powerful company or group that dominates its field
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5.2
A very large man who is strong
A person or group much more powerful than others in an area
A very large or powerful thing that causes great damage like the movie monster
Someone or something that is very large and impressive, often as a joke
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Etymology
The word behemoth comes from the Hebrew word behemah, which means 'beast' and in the Bible named a giant, powerful animal. So today behemoth is used for any very large and powerful person, thing, or organization.