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giant UK US [ˈdʒaɪ. ə nt] noun countable [ giants ]

VERY TALL PERSON

1. <A > an imaginary creature like a man but extremely tall, strong and usually very cruel, appearing especially in children's stories
See also gigantic
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Legendary and mythological characters
2. someone who is taller or larger than usual
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Physical irregularities

• Dad terrified us with stories of a big, bad giant who ate little children.
• In the pantomime of 'Jack and the Beanstalk', we just saw the giant's huge hand.
• Tales are told about an island inhabited by a race of giants, as tall as houses.
• To a small child, Mr Preston must seem like a giant - he's about 6' 5".
• The Gog Magog hills in Cambridgeshire were named after two mythical giants, Gog and Magog.

LARGE BUSINESS
3. a very successful and powerful person or organization
• He was one of the intellectual/political giants of this century.
• The takeover battle is between two of America's industrial/retail giants (= large companies).
Thesaurus⁺: ↑People in charge of or controlling other people ↑Bosses, managers and directors

adjective
<I > extremely large
• a giant earth-moving machine
• to take giant steps
Thesaurus⁺: ↑Enormous ↑Big and quite big

• The most popular exhibit in the museum was a giant animatronic dinosaur.
• The volcano spewed a giant cloud of ash, dust and gases into the air.
• The centrepiece of the shopping centre is a giant fountain.
• They planned a giant party to celebrate the team's victory.
• The gas leak caused a giant explosion to rip through the building.