Meanings
nountech giant (plural tech giants)
plural tech giants
- in pluraloftenbusinessA large company or corporation which works in the technology industry.
Getting iced out by the tech giants turned Parler into a cause célèbre for conservatives who complained they were being censored, as well as a test case for the openness of the internet.
2021 February 15, Jack Nicas, “Parler, a Social Network That Attracted Trump Fans, Returns Online”, in The New York Times, →ISSN, archived from the original on 19 Feb 2021
Origin
From tech (“technology”) + giant.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Dutch techgigant
- techgigantlarge tech company
Russian тѐхногига́нт
- тѐхногига́нт (tèxnogigánt)large tech company
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APA
tech giant. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tech%20giant
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“tech giant.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tech%20giant. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “tech giant,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/tech%20giant.
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