colossus
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6.7
- noun
- /kəˈlɑsəs/
:
coloso
- Framed in the doorway is a colossus in black armor.
So you're looking at a colossus fighting a mouse.
- So you're looking at a colossus fighting a mouse.
- It goes great pyramids, the colossus of roads and then a factory in Wisconsin.
- It's not Marcus Aurelius describing the Colossus of roads or, you know, the aqueducts or the Coliseum.
Examples
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The $86 billion deal created a telecommunications colossus with customers in 22 states.
Blog text (10) -
The story of subsequent cable laying involved a ship that was the colossus of its time.
Academic text (2011) -
A colossus of bronze... and mine to command.
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We continued to receive energy from below; heat traveled up through the colossus.
Fiction book (1991) -
The Super PAC is fast becoming the spending colossus of U.S. politics.
Blog text (25) -
Today, Monsanto looms over the global ag landscape like a colossus.
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The king, accompanied by Edmund, myself, and torchbearing soldiers, moved forward out of the crowd and walked up to the colossus's base.
Fiction book (1991) -
The statue of the colossus stood proudly at the entrance of the ancient city, symbolizing its power.
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A colossus of granite towers over the landscape, a testament to the artistry of its creators.
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In mythology, the colossus represents not just size, but also the strength and importance of the gods.
Synonyms
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1.0
A carved figure, often life-size, of a person or animal made from stone
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1.0
A very large and strong person or thing
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7.8
A very large and powerful thing, person, or group
A famous statue people use as a clear place to meet
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Idioms
Compounds
A very large company, organization, or person that dominates an industry
A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios at Rhodes harbour destroyed by an earthquake after fifty years
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Etymology
Colossus comes from the Greek kolossos, which meant 'giant statue' and was the name of the famous Colossus of Rhodes, and it is the same root as colossal. So a colossus is a very large statue or anything of enormous size, power, or importance.