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Meaning of Tycoon | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B1
taɪˈkuːn

Definitions

  1. A Japanese shedding game
  2. A wealthy and powerful business person.
  3. A business simulator game, typically involving building and managing some form of infrastructure.
  4. A game involving the use of a base to generate bricks and cash (similar to an idle game or clicker game), which can then be used to purchase upgrades and expand. Common within the massively multiplayer online game platform Roblox.
  5. The first placer of Tycoon.

Equivalents

العربية التّاجر
Català magnat
Čeština magnát
Dansk matador
Deutsch Magnat Manager Mogul Tycoon
Esperanto magnato
Español magnate
Français magnat tycoon
עברית טייקון
Қазақша шонжар
한국어 거물
Kurdî manager matador
Nederlands magnaat taikoen tycoon
Polski magnat
Português magnata
Română magnat
Русский магнат
Српски magnat tajkun магнат тајкун
Svenska magnat
Українська магнат
Tiếng Việt tài phiệt

Examples

“Chairman Yu is a tycoon who owns multiple hotel chains.”
“Dagobert had only one customer, an American who wore square, rimless glasses and a beige suit and looked like a Wall Street tycoon.”
“Zoo Tycoon is only one of several "tycoon" types of games, such as Railroad Tycoon, Rollercoaster Tycoon, Pizza Tycoon, and, without the "tycoon" title, but with all the fun and challenge, The Movies.”
“Whilst making spaces more green is generally a goal for town planning these days, this game in the style of classic tycoons like SimCity and Rollercoaster Tycoon, does the complete opposite.”
“Tycoons / A game in which users build up some sort of business by earning money over time and then using that money on upgrades.”
“In most tycoons, you will find an automatic machine called a dropper, which is used for producing bricks.”
“In my opinion, tycoons are great to create as your first game, but they take time to learn! The main tips are to keep the tycoon simple and stick with a theme.”
“These experiences have fallen somewhat out of favor because once a tycoon is complete and all items are unlocked, there is not much of an incentive to continue playing. Updating these experiences can be a more difficult task, depending on how your tycoon is structured.”
““What should we play? Adopt Me, a tycoon, SCP, an obby?””
“The next most common game that we see inside Roblox are Tycoons.”

CEFR level

B1
Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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