colossus
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- noun
- /kəˈlɑsəs/
- Obviously, you know, the, the US went from a, you know, kind of average agrarian country to the industrial colossus of the, the world.
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Watch on YouTubeSo Marjorie Kemp should be a she is a literary colossus, but she should be known more more widely as such.
- So Marjorie Kemp should be a she is a literary colossus, but she should be known more more widely as such.
- New stars emerged, established stars shone bright again, but one man stood above all like a colossus.
- The Caesar that we usually think of, the Caesar that we know and love, the tragic figure, the dictator who reached too far, the colossus.
Examples
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But the mystery of the colossus is forever locked in the past.
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BYD, it's the, it's the colossus of China that makes electric vehicles.
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None could have ever imagined that such a small, young nation could stand up to the colossus which bore down upon it.
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Behold this America, this new colossus, this fair land of the free!
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There is the power that bestrides the known world like a colossus.
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The United States, long a feared colossus of the North, beckoned.
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Notwithstanding, Saraki remained a colossus not only in Kwara politics but in the nation as a whole.
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At the forks of the Ohio stands an American city, a colossus of steel, whose mills and furnaces bring forth bone and sinew for a nation.
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Yue Yuen may be unknown to U.S. consumers, but it is a colossus in the wholesale footwear industry.
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The man was a colossus, and on several occasions I had witnessed his extraordinary physical strength.
Synonyms
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A person, team, or organization that is very successful and able to influence others
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A person who is very important and powerful in a group
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6.8
A very important event, thing, or person that matters a lot
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An important person with power in a company or field
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7.8
A very large and powerful thing, person, or group
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4.0
A very important and influential person in a field
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3.8
An important person who is treated as successful or powerful
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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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An important person with power in a company or group
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An important person who makes key decisions for a group
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A very large and powerful thing, for example a company or ship
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A person who has a lot of power and influence in a field
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2.5
A person with great power or status who gets special treatment
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A person who is very important in a group or company
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A very important person in a group or organization, often the most powerful
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A very large and powerful person or company that beats others easily
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A joking name for a person who has great power in a group
A very large and powerful company or group that dominates its field
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
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A huge bronze statue of the sun god Helios at Rhodes harbour destroyed by an earthquake after fifty years
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A very large company, organization, or person that dominates an industry
How Important
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- Offensive
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Surface Forms
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 used for a person pictures someone huge, very strong, or extremely important.