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giant

B1Frequent NGSL-3
UK /ˈdʒaɪənt/US /ˈdʒaɪənt/
adjective

very large; much larger or more important than similar things usually are

noun

(in stories) a very large strong person who is often cruel and stupid

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In fact, when the $9 billion e-commerce giant started here in Seoul back in 2010, it was as a different business entirely.

Coupang: How a Harvard Dropout Built Korea's Most Valuable Startup

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Today we have a special guest visiting—uh, called Joe Tsai—chair and co-founder of one of the world's largest companies, with more than 1 billion consumers, called Alibaba—a giant.

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So it's really pretty mind-boggling that the giant thing costs less—way less—than the small thing.

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