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leviathan
1 ENTRIES FOUND:
plural leviathans
plural leviathans
Learner's definition of LEVIATHAN
[count] literary
: something that is very large and powerful : giant巨物；庞然大物
- The factory is a towering leviathan in the middle of the town.这家工厂是耸立在镇中心的一座庞然大物。
- a leviathan corporation巨型公司
leviathan
noun
le·vi·a·than li-ˈvī-ə-thən 
leviathan adjective
Did you know?
Old Testament references to a huge sea monster, Leviathan (in Hebrew, Liwyāthān), are thought to come from an ancient myth in which the god Baal slays a multiheaded sea monster. Leviathan appears in the Book of Psalms, as a sea serpent that is killed by God and then given as food to creatures in the wilderness, and it is mentioned in the Book of Job as well. Today, its name is used for "something monstrous or of enormous size."
Synonyms
Example Sentences
The factory is a towering leviathan in the middle of the town. a leviathan of the seas, that cruise ship is said to be the largest passenger vessel afloat
Recent Examples on the Web Only two years later, bp acquired Arco for $26 billion to form a company leviathan. 
Ian Palmer, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 In 1863, the viceroy of Egypt, Isma’il Pasha, ordered up a steel leviathan called El Mahrousa, which was the world’s longest yacht for a remarkable hundred and nineteen years, until the title was claimed by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 Checks-and-balances are dissolving in all directions, with the executive branch absorbing the powers of the other branches into an administrative leviathan, even as executive power become shielded from democratic control. Mario Loyola, WSJ, 22 May 2022 So, for approved and vetted smaller firms that would fit a diverse supplier profile, this can mean leviathan-sized hurdles buried in the fine print: things like outsized insurance and cybersecurity requirements, or onerous payment terms. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022 California is a land mass of 164,000 square miles, spread like a leviathan along the Pacific. Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021 But in the Mandate’s case, the real leviathan’s always changing its mind. Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 25 May 2021 The federal government is a leviathan with many, many tentacles. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 29 July 2021 What would otherwise be an impenetrable leviathan is thereby made porous. Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 21 July 2021 See More
Ian Palmer, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022 In 1863, the viceroy of Egypt, Isma’il Pasha, ordered up a steel leviathan called El Mahrousa, which was the world’s longest yacht for a remarkable hundred and nineteen years, until the title was claimed by King Fahd of Saudi Arabia. Evan Osnos, The New Yorker, 18 July 2022 Checks-and-balances are dissolving in all directions, with the executive branch absorbing the powers of the other branches into an administrative leviathan, even as executive power become shielded from democratic control. Mario Loyola, WSJ, 22 May 2022 So, for approved and vetted smaller firms that would fit a diverse supplier profile, this can mean leviathan-sized hurdles buried in the fine print: things like outsized insurance and cybersecurity requirements, or onerous payment terms. Ellen Mcgirt, Fortune, 25 Jan. 2022 California is a land mass of 164,000 square miles, spread like a leviathan along the Pacific. Los Angeles Times, 8 Oct. 2021 But in the Mandate’s case, the real leviathan’s always changing its mind. Matthew Carey Salyer, Forbes, 25 May 2021 The federal government is a leviathan with many, many tentacles. Zachary B. Wolf, CNN, 29 July 2021 What would otherwise be an impenetrable leviathan is thereby made porous. Michael J. Lewis, WSJ, 21 July 2021 See More Word History
Etymology
Middle English, from Late Latin, from Hebrew liwyāthān
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
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