Words / C2

bi-HEEM-oth/bɪˈhiːmɒθ/

A behemoth is something enormous, especially a huge organisation or machine: a corporate behemoth, a behemoth of a report. Giant (already in the dictionary) is everyday; onerous (already in the dictionary) is burdensome to bear, of a duty not of bulk. A vast brand film is not a methods paragraph.

Meaning

Something enormous, especially a huge organisation or machine.

Examples

• “A behemoth of a brand film is not a methods paragraph.”
• “Giant is everyday (already in B1). Onerous is burdensome (already in C2). Superfluous is useless extra (already in C2). Scale on the right object can be exact. Scale instead of a dated n is theatre. Write the number; then the epic.”

Good to know

Something enormous. Everyday: giant / monster (already in this dictionary). Contrast: onerous (burdensome — already in C2); superfluous (useless extra — already in C2). A film is not a methods line.

Near in meaning

giant, colossus, monster, leviathan

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