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colossus Even if Citizen Kane had been his only movie, Orson Welles would be regarded as a colossus in the history of film. kəˈlɑsəs

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(1) A gigantic statue. (2) A person or thing that resembles such a statue in size or activity or influence. The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well

word	colossus
definition	(1) A gigantic statue. (2) A person or thing that resembles such a statue in size or activity or influence.
eg_sentence	Even if Citizen Kane had been his only movie, Orson Welles would be regarded as a colossus in the history of film.
explanation	The original colossi (notice the plural form) were the larger-than-life statues made by the Greeks and Romans. The most famous of these was the Colossus of Rhodes, a statue of the sun god Helios built on the Greek island of Rhodes around 280 B.C. that was over 100 feet tall and took more than 12 years to build. The Statue of Liberty is a modern colossus, enormous and stately, at the entrance to New York Harbor. And someone who has played a colossal role in history, such as Winston Churchill, may be called a colossus as well
IPA	kəˈlɑsəs

Colossus Statue Gigantic Person Thing Resembles Size Activity