GIANT


Meaning of GIANT in English

I.

noun

1 very large man

PHRASES

▪ a gentle ~

Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle ~.

▪ a ~ of a man

He was a ~ of a man, standing nearly seven feet tall.

2 sth that is very large/important

ADJECTIVE

▪ corporate , multinational

▪ industrial , oil , pharmaceutical , retail , software , telecom , etc.

The oil ~ Esso is planning to set up a new refinery in the port.

▪ literary

Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary ~s.

PREPOSITION

▪ ~ among

The Amazon is a ~ among rivers.

▪ ~ of

The company is now one of the ~s of the computer industry.

II.

adj.

Giant is used with these nouns: ↑ alien , ↑ conglomerate , ↑ corporation , ↑ creature , ↑ fist , ↑ jigsaw , ↑ leap , ↑ lump , ↑ machine , ↑ mall , ↑ marquee , ↑ mess , ↑ monopoly , ↑ monster , ↑ multinational , ↑ mural , ↑ penis , ↑ pillar , ↑ retailer , ↑ screen , ↑ shadow , ↑ skyscraper , ↑ snake , ↑ spider , ↑ statue , ↑ step , ↑ stride , ↑ tanker , ↑ tree , ↑ wave

Oxford Collocations English Dictionary.      Оксфордский английский словарь словосочетаний .