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Definition of behemoth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

behemoth

noun
 
/bɪˈhiːməθ/
 
/bɪˈhiːməθ/
(formal)
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  1. something that is very big and powerful, especially a company or organization
    • a multinational corporate behemoth
    • She works in a seventy-storey behemoth in Manhattan.
    Word Originlate Middle English: from Hebrew běhēmōt̲, intensive plural of běhēmāh ‘beast’.
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