I.
noun
1 very large man
PHRASES
▪ a gentle ~
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Some people are intimidated by his size, but in fact he's a gentle ~.
▪ a ~ of a man
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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.
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The oil ~ Esso is planning to set up a new refinery in the port.
▪ literary
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Camus is considered to be one of the twentieth century's literary ~s.
PREPOSITION
▪ ~ among
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The Amazon is a ~ among rivers.
▪ ~ of
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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