Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun Something enormous in size or power.
- noun A huge animal, possibly the hippopotamus, described in the Bible.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun An animal mentioned in Job xl. 15–24; probably, from the details given, a hippopotamus, but sometimes taken for some other animal, or for a type of the largest land-animals generally.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun An animal, probably the hippopotamus, described in Job xl. 15-24.
- noun something of large size or great power.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun biblical A great and mighty
beast God showsJob inJob 40:15-24. - noun A great and mighty monster.
- noun Something which has the qualities of great power and might, and monstrous proportions.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun someone or something that is abnormally large and powerful
- noun a person of exceptional importance and reputation
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Regarding the hippo, I will say this: the behemoth is a mythical beast, whether it is related to the hippo or not.
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That behemoth is responsible to one person, and that one person, as we have seen, is only loosely accountable to the electorate.
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This year, B.J. Raji, a 6-2, 337-pound Boston College behemoth, is the best of a less-than-average group of defensive tackles and the only one from his position expected to be selected in the top 20.
Versatility at end position: Rating the D-linemen in NFL draft class 2009
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When a little DVD-by-mail upstart now known as Netflix came on the scene, the video store chain behemoth likely didn't take it seriously until it was too late.
Redskins: A lesson in low expectations Jena McGregor 2010
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That behemoth is responsible to one person, and that one person, as we have seen, is only loosely accountable to the electorate.
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Asked him what he thought about Palxico the pistol packin behemoth, His (old school died in the wood republican) take/opinion was this.
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Half of a 1300 calorie behemoth is a reasonable meal for me.
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In 1978, Dennison, the predecessor to today's binder-and-label behemoth Avery Dennison, had gobbled up Carter's Ink and was ready to introduce the next great innovation in text-marking technology: fluorescent colors.
NYT > Home Page By HILARY GREENBAUM 2012
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The library may look a bit like a suburban Tesco, but with five subterranean floors extending twenty five metres down into the London clay, Wilson’s behemoth is an iceberg.
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The library may look a bit like a suburban Tesco, but with five subterranean floors extending twenty five metres down into the London clay, Wilson’s behemoth is an iceberg.
seanmeade commented on the word behemoth
not enough Hebrew/Semitic-originating words in English
March 26, 2007
hernesheir commented on the word behemoth
By this edict a giant of the the female gender is hereafter known as a beshemoth.
September 5, 2009
hernesheir commented on the word behemoth
In the shortened language of railroad telegraphers, "Are bills of lading used as collateral? --US Railway Association, Standard Cipher Code, 1906.
January 20, 2013
luonanU commented on the word behemoth
who built his firm up into a global behemoth that owns the Oakley and Ray-Ban brands and supplies designer frames for Chanel, Prada and others.
global behemoth 全球大型企业
February 4, 2017