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- [kuh-los-uh s]
- /kəˈlɒs əs/
- /kəˈlɒs.əs/
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- [kuh-los-uh s]
- /kəˈlɒs əs/
Definitions of colossus word
- countable noun colossus If you describe someone or something as a colossus, you think that they are extremely important and great in ability or size. 3
- countable noun colossus A colossus is an extremely large statue. 3
- noun colossus something very large, esp a statue 3
- noun colossus a gigantic statue 3
- noun colossus the gigantic statue of Apollo set at the entrance to the harbor of Rhodes c. 280 b.c. and included among the Seven Wonders of the World 3
- noun colossus any huge or important person or thing 3
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Origin of colossus
First appearance:
before 1350 One of the 20% oldest English words
1350-1400; Middle English < Latin < Greek kolossós statue, image, presumably < a pre-Hellenic Mediterranean language
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Parts of speech for Colossus
noun
adjective
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adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
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colossus popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 77% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
colossus usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for colossus
noun colossus
- giant — (in folklore) a being with human form but superhuman size, strength, etc.
- behemoth — If you refer to something as a behemoth, you mean that it is extremely large, and often that it is unpleasant, inefficient, or difficult to manage.
- titan — Classical Mythology. any of the sons of Uranus and Gaea, including Coeus, Crius, Cronus, Hyperion, Iapetus, and Oceanus. Also, Titaness. any of the sisters of these, including Mnemosyne, Phoebe, Rhea, Tethys, Themis, and Thia. any of the offspring of the children of Uranus and Gaea.
- mammoth — any large, elephantlike mammal of the extinct genus Mammuthus, from the Pleistocene Epoch, having hairy skin and ridged molar teeth.
- goliath — the giant warrior of the Philistines whom David killed with a stone from a sling. I Sam. 17:48–51.
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