Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - colossus
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n. (pl. colossi or colossuses) 1 a statue much bigger than life size. 2 a gigantic person, animal, building, etc. 3 an imperial power personified. Etymology: L f. Gk kolossos ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. гигант, колосс С. of Rhodos Колосс Родосский (гигантская медная статуя Апполона) 2. гигант (о стране, корпорации) such an artistic colossus as Michelangelo —- такой художник-исполин как Милельанджело ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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(colossi) 1. If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size. (JOURNALISM) ...saxophone colossus Sonny Rollins... He became a colossus of the labour movement. = giant N-COUNT: usu sing, oft N of n c darkgreen]emphasis 2. A colossus is an extremely large statue. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n someone or something that is very big or very important (An intellectual colossus like Leonardo comes along only once in a generation.) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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