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Definition of colossus
colossi
play \kə-ˈlä-ˌsī\1 : a statue of gigantic size and proportions
2 : a person or thing of immense size or power
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Examples of colossus in a Sentence
The building is a colossus of steel and glass.
Leonardo da Vinci remains a colossus in the history of art.
Recent Examples of colossus from the Web
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ISTANBUL — The American basketball player Ekpe Udoh ambles through his club in Istanbul the way a modern-day Gulliver might walk through Lilliput. Mr. Udoh, 30, is a 6-foot-10 colossus.
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Kalanick's pugnacious style largely defined Uber's approach and helped it become a transportation colossus valued at $68 billion, the largest private firm backed by venture capitalists in the world.
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Sydney Parker D, New Trier, Jr. Key stats: 19 goals, six assists College: Undecided Parker was a colossus on defense, forming one of the state's best central defensive partnerships with senior Sam Urban.
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The future of Toshiba Corp. is imperiled as the 140-year-old Japanese energy and electronics colossus mulls selling its prized computer chip operations to stay afloat.
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Investor chatter says all or part of soft drink colossi Coca-Cola or PepsiCo could be put into play.
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If the sports apparel colossus ever loses interest, the Pre Classic will look more like the Oregon Twilight than one of the best meets in the world.
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The future of Toshiba Corp. is imperiled as the 140-year-old Japanese energy and electronics colossus mulls selling its prized computer chip operations to stay afloat.
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The 140-year-old Japanese energy and electronics colossus will be bereft of its most profitable and promising businesses and still entangled with the nuclear units that brought about its downfall.
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Did You Know?
The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well.
Origin and Etymology of colossus
Latin, from Greek kolossos
COLOSSUS Defined for English Language Learners
colossus
playDefinition of colossus for English Language Learners
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: a huge statue
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: a very large or important person or thing
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