giant1 adjectivegiant2 noun
giantgi‧ant1 /ˈdʒaɪənt/ ●●● S3 W2 adjective [only before noun] 
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Giant cabbages grew in the garden.
- ...and then this giant green monster appeared from the cave.
- a giant TV screen
- Be careful. The forest is full of giant snakes and spiders.
- Even one small step on the path of your plan can be a giant leap!
- Geologically, this area is an alluvial fan of a giant rock slide of granitic gneisses.
- If he was to be the father of a nation, he wanted giant sons.
- It was as if they had landed on an alien planet, his fear that of awakening the denizens, giant and menacing.
- It would be like knitting in the middle of a giant car park.
- The giant bivalves jammed the cracks between the black tufts of lava that covered the ocean floor.
- The giant daughter of the house then rushed to comfort Thor.
Longman Language Activatorvery big
very big and impressive: · She wears an engagement ring set with a huge diamond.· My grandmother was wearing an enormous hat.· She looked at the huge motorcycle. "I'll never be able to ride that!''· There was an enormous spider in the bottom of the bath.· By the time of his death the company had grown into an enormous multi-national operation.
very big and impressive - used especially in literature: · Like great sailing ships, the clouds sped across the sky.· As far as the eye could see, there stretched a great herd of buffalo.
spoken extremely big: · They've built a great big shopping mall in the centre of town.· There are fish in the pool, great big ones.· She was given a great big bunch of flowers.
use this about things that are extremely big and impressive, especially when they are solid and heavy: · Her house is massive.· The ancient temple's massive stone pillars had begun to crumble.· The bell is massive, weighing over forty tons.
much bigger than other things of the same type, often in a slightly strange or frightening way: · Gigantic waves more than 40 feet high crashed against the boat.· These gigantic creatures became extinct in the Jurassic period.
extremely and surprisingly big - used especially about structures, buildings, and other things that have been built: · There was a colossal statue of the King in the middle of the square.· A crane arrived, its colossal arm reaching out of the sky toward the building.
use this about a plant or animal that has grown to an unusually large size, or is of a type that is always much larger than ordinary plants or animals: · Giant cabbages grew in the garden.· Be careful. The forest is full of giant snakes and spiders.· ...and then this giant green monster appeared from the cave.
use this about packets, bottles, or other products that are much bigger than the size that is usually sold: · an extra large packet of cornflakes· Extra large eggs are generally a better buy than medium or large.
spoken informal to be extremely big compared to the usual size: · Look at the size of that pumpkin -- it's a whopper.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN
extremely big, and much bigger than other things of the same type: The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.· The exact location is being kept secret to avoid poaching, which almost drove the giant clam to extinction 20 years ago.· I find three more specimens of the giant clam, and the following day, two.· In particular, both corals and giant clams harbour unicellular algae which live within their body cells.· There is no recorded example of a giant clam causing a human death.· And champion of them all, whether on land or in the sea, is almost certainly the giant clam.
· A bitter smile crossed his face as his eyes ranged over the top men in the giant corporation.· In industry after industry, giant corporations were seeking national markets -- and often, monopolies.· These giant corporations may simply opt for law evasion.· But the influential position of giant corporations varies significantly from industry to industry.
· He began to doubt the giant eel would bite.· He grabbed hold of the net and prepared himself for when the giant eel came thrashing into sight.· I came to the school some time ago to investigate the giant eel and got lost.· Also, the threat of the giant eel was getting worse and worse.· You can't escape by sea because of the giant eel.
· One giant leap for Fleet Street's finest.· We also might add that it took a giant leap of thought.· Organisations may take giant leaps and consequently deal with the unfamiliar.· This does not include the characters themselves, but that wouldn't now be such a giant leap to take.· Even one small step on the path of your plan can be a giant leap!· But it's a giant leap for trout, tench, roach, loach, pike, perch and bream.
· They shot a giant panda asleep under a tree.· It was cooked by a woman, or something that looked like a woman but could have been a giant panda.
· The giant planets will remain a puzzle for a long time.· The giant planets, with such feeble solar heating, are also very cold.· The high abundances of hydrogen and helium are features of the giant planets also.· Typically, the giant planets contain about forty-five parts per million of helium-3 in their atmospheres.· The giant planets are, in fact, warm inside.· Discovery would enter a parking orbit around Saturn, be-coming a new moon of the giant planet.· But that betrays a terribly parochial notion of what giant planets are like.
· A thousand copies of the New York Times run past me on a giant screen.· So you're talking about setting up giant screens and elaborate video and sound systems.· Slick political ads play on a giant screen.
· There will be four disciplines: Downhill, super G, giant slalom and slalom.· Janir had slalom, giant slalom and downhill skis, all top-of-the-line models replaced every year or two.· But until she improves her ability in slalom and giant slalom, she lacks the versatility to take the big prize.· After placing third in the giant slalom, she blew the slalom altogether by missing a gate on her first run.
· If she said yes, then it would be like taking a giant step backwards.· I often lay on the grassy mound that created a giant step between our house and the one next to us.· This took the issue a giant step forward.· I took two giant steps to the left and slipped into the bathroom.· It was clearly time for one giant step for a kind man.· Cataloguing the birthplaces of proteins will be a giant step towards solving the mysteries of human biology.· It is, morally, a giant step to take.
· I was off-balance, falling forward, lurching with giant strides, certain that the next step would end in a nosedive.· Pilot groups working since the middle of last year have already made giant strides in factory efficiency.· Actually the best bit was the giant stride in, which was about fifteen feet high.
· Although humans may have the longest lifespan of any mammal, giant tortoises have the longest recorded lives among vertebrates.· Transported to this bleak planet only to be confronted by a marauding gang of giant tortoises.· Much easier to photograph were the giant tortoises which were lumbering around like tanks in the undergrowth.· The giant tortoises that feed on them are damaged in their turn.· Land birds and reptiles, like giant tortoises and land iguanas, are having a field day.· Whalers began the damage by killing at least 100,000 giant tortoises for meat and oil.· V Moly A giant tortoise struggles in and out of his awkward clothes.
· Blue grey droplets of water splash down like giant trees.· Yet another child initiated a campaign to save a giant tree from being cut down.· I should prefer to watch him in the primeval forests of his native land, wielding an axe against some giant tree.· Even the first set of two leaves that tiny seedlings sprout are brilliantly colored, just like those of giant trees.· He looked up, but even now he couldn't see the top of the giant tree.· They are the few giant trees in the forest-but the weeds, not the majestic cedars, choke us.· Tallis circled the giant tree twice.· Long strings of paper looped from limb to limb in the giant trees over there.
a giant electronics company a giant tortoisegiant1 adjectivegiant2 noun
giantgiant2 ●●● W3 noun [countable] WORD ORIGINgiant2
Origin:
1200-1300 Old French geant, from Greek gigasEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Clapton is one of the giants of the music industry.
- But it is clear that the publicly held Wall Street giants are doing very well.
- He found her, with the giants, and urged her to return with him to the depths.
- I have been amazed at much of the cautiousness displayed in much of the current analysis of the dying giant.
- Or, as the old tag had it, pygmies standing on the shoulders of giants.
- Pickleson, fairground giant with whom Doctor Marigold becomes friendly and who draws his attention to the deaf-mute whom Sophy eventually marries.
- The furrows look like a herd of giants have been plowing hither and yon through the snow.
THESAURUS
an organization that makes or sells something, or provides a service: · big oil companies· telephone companies· He runs a software company.
a company, especially one that provides a service rather than producing goods: · a law firm· a firm of accountants· a security firm
a company – often used when talking about a company that employs only a small number of people: · She set up her own catering business.· small businesses· a family business
a large company that often includes several smaller companies: · IBM is one of the biggest corporations in the world.
a very large company with offices in many different countries: · American multinationals are establishing research and development facilities across the developing world.
a very large company that consists of several different companies which have joined together: · The company was taken over by a German media conglomerate.
a word used mainly by newspapers for a very large company: · Their clients include the retail giant, Wal-Mart.
a company that is owned by a larger company: · The company runs its New York operations through a US subsidiary.
Longman Language Activatorwords for describing someone who is tall · Martin was tall and thin, with curly blond hair.· At the age of fifteen he was already six foot three and the tallest boy in the school.· The photographer asked the taller people to stand at the back of the group.· Who is that tall bloke standing next to Diane?grow tall/taller · Sebastian was now fifteen, and had grown tall and strong.
a man who is lanky is tall and thin, and has very long legs: · We were met by a tall, lanky youth called Yusef.· a lanky sixteen-year-old boy
use this about a young person who is tall and thin with very long legs and arms, and moves in an awkward way: · Janet introduced me to her son, a shy, gangling teenager.· a tall, gangly youth
a woman who is leggy is tall and attractive with long legs: · Robert arrived at the party with a leggy brunette.· a tall, leggy blonde
use this about a man who is very tall, especially when you are surprised at how tall he is: · Bigger even than his father, who was a tall man, James was a giant.a giant of a man: · The biggest of the three brothers was a sad-faced giant of a man.
WORD SETSassociated company, nounboardroom, nounBros., cartel, nounchain, nounCo., collective, nouncom, concern, nounconglomerate, nouncontractor, nounco-op, nouncooperative, adjectivecooperative, nounCorp., corporate, adjectivecorporation, noundivision, noundivisional, adjectiveempire, nounenterprise, nounexecutive, adjectiveexpand, verbexpansion, nounfail, verbgiant, noungroup, nounInc., incorporated, adjectiveindie, nounindustrial espionage, nounin-house, adjectiveinside, adverbinterest, nounjoint-stock company, nounlimited company, nounLtd, Messrs, multinational, adjectivemultinational, nounnewspaper, nounoutsourcing, nounparent company, nounpayroll, nounplc, nounpractice, nounprofit and loss account, nounproprietary, adjectivepty, public company, nounpublic corporation, nounpublic limited company, nounreceivership, nounregistered office, nounshipper, nounsubsidiary, nounsupplier, nountakeover, nountop-heavy, adjective
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE
1an extremely tall strong man, who is often bad and cruel, in children’s stories2a very large successful company: The government has made great strides in reducing poverty.· Even corporate giants are felled when their industries collapse under them.· In addition, these 800 corporate giants employ approximately one-fourth of the entire labor force.· Leave the struggling independent label for the corporate giant.· Increasingly, even corporate giants are turning to telecommuting as a way to reduce overhead.
· He was big and burly, and isn't it known that all big and burly men are ... gentle giants.· Those who have worked with the animals are filled with nostalgia for the gentle giants.
· For example, the industrial giants who dominate the chemical industry have large capital investments in petrochemicals.· Prohibition killed all but a handful of regional breweries and the well-known industrial giants.
· Buckhaven's skills have also been enlisted by another pharmaceutical giant for an anti-asthma drug.
· It is only 93 light-years away, closer than most of the red giants.· The red giants also may be useful in calibrating cosmic distances and estimating the age of the universe.· These red giants were probably close neighbours of the infant sun and the ejected matter fell into the solar nebula.
NOUN· Martin Marietta has since merged with a second aerospace giant to form Lockheed Martin.
· Fellow car giant Nissan is co-operating with Ford, and will also use luxury cars to introduce the services.· The unions at Ford claimed the car giant is to shed 3,000 jobs at its main assembly plants.
· The electronics giant added 1 / 4 to 50 1 / 8 as 9. 2 million shares changed hands.
· And he made Hewlett-Packard both an industry giant and renowned for its team-oriented principles.· But analysts were skeptical of the shifting calendar explanation, especially with the standout performance of some industry giants.
· Nationalist politics often favor local companies over outside media giants, skewing competition for new licenses.
· Earnings for chip manufacturers like Intel and software giants like Microsoft have long depended on an unrelenting and accelerating cycle of upgrades.· There was even room for high-profile newcomers at the toy fair, such as software giant Microsoft.· Netscape faces a long, drawn-out battle with software giant Microsoft, but Barksdale says he is up to the task.· The software giant only recently turned its attention to the Internet.· Oracle, the Redwood City software giant, jumped 11 / 4 to 371 / 2.· Win 95 has been a bestseller since the software giant rolled it out almost two years ago.· The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant may own the market for operating systems and business software for personal computers.· The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant also offered free Internet features to anyone who uses it.
VERB· The Midland, Mich.-based chemical giant expects to spend $ 1 billion to achieve these goals, he said.· The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant may own the market for operating systems and business software for personal computers.· The Redmond, Wash.-based software giant also offered free Internet features to anyone who uses it.
the German chemicals giant, BASF► see thesaurus at company3a very big man, animal, or plant4someone who is very good at doing somethinggiant of Miles Davis, truly one of the giants of jazz