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giant leap

collocation in English

meanings of giantand leap


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giant
adjective
uk /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/ us /ˈdʒaɪ.ənt/
extremely ...
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leap
noun[C]
uk /liːp/ us /liːp/
a big change, increase, ...
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Examples of giant leap


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What has been perceived as a giantleap, was in reality only a small step.
Dealing with this uncertainty will perhaps require instead a large amount of trust in the other parties, and a giantleap of faith.
You seem to be happy with taking very small steps, but what we need is a giantleap forward.
From Europarl Parallel Corpus - English
My noble friend wishes to take a giantleap.
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Sustainable development is not a giantleap to a known destination.
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It is not a giantleap forward, but an essential and practical step towards a civilised solution.
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We can make all sorts of pious declarations but a giantleap will be required if there is not the will to enforce them.
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It will be a giantleap forward from the current control system for chemicals, which is roughly 40 years old.
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There has been a giantleap in mortgage rates.
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It is a giantleap into the unknown, is it not?
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Are they any more than a giantleap back to 1948?
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Two years ago we began debating two items of legislation which were intended to enable a giantleap in the quality of our cooperation.
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Are not the proposals a small step for democracy and a giantleap for complacency?
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I will be urging it to adopt such a position as this directive is not a first step in the right direction, but in fact a giantleap backwards.
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To describe the reprocessing industry as "environmentally pure" is a giantleap away from the opinion that has been held by most people and by that very industry.
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Instead, it has concentrated on building trust and confidence by means of a number of important steps forward—rather than waiting for one giantleap that might never be made.
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Instead, it has concentrated on building trust and confidence by means of a number of important steps forward rather than waiting for one giantleap that might never be made.
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The fact that all pupils from five to 14 will study art and music within a structured framework is in itself a giantleap forward for arts education.
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That represents a giantleap into untried and untested waters, which are fraught with dangers and from which, once this course has been taken, there is no going back.
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I believe that my amendment is just one step forward: it is not the giantleap that we may be ordered to take at some stage.
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