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[ gloh-buhl ] / ˈgloʊ bəl / SEE SYNONYMS FOR global ON THESAURUS.COM
adjectivepertaining to the whole world; worldwide; universal: the dream of global peace. comprehensive. globular; globe-shaped. of, relating to, or using a terrestrial or celestial globe. (of a computer operation, linguistic rule, etc.) operating on a group of similar strings, commands, etc., in a single step. Origin of globalFirst recorded in 1670–80; globe + -al1 OTHER WORDS FROM globalglob·al·ly, adverbWords nearby globalGln, gloam, gloaming, gloat, glob, global, global aphasia, global community, global dimming, global economy, globalism Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for globalAt some point during his busy schedule, Israel found the time to write a book, titled The Global War on Morris. Powerful Congressman Writes About ‘Fleshy Breasts’|Asawin Suebsaeng|January 7, 2015|DAILY BEAST We face a lot of problems at this moment in our national and global history. In 2015, Let’s Try for More Compassion|Gene Robinson|January 4, 2015|DAILY BEAST World peace, religious tolerance, and an end to global poverty, hunger, and disease. Santa Fails One More Time|P. J. O’Rourke|December 27, 2014|DAILY BEAST Christmas is unique in that it is a global holiday celebrated all over the world by humanity. A Field General in the War on Christmas|David Freedlander|December 24, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Mark your calendar for the global summit, April 22 to 24 in NYC! Save the Date: Women in the World 2015||December 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST After nearly forty years, the Cold War was still going on, but now the scale had expanded from the global to the interplanetary. What The Left Hand Was Doing|Gordon Randall Garrett In an age of global reality and many paradigms, the university is in reality less universal and increasingly specialized. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin They are also adapted to the dynamics of change and to the global nature of human existence. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin The IMF tries to juggle all these goals in the thinning air of the global capital markets. After the Rain|Sam Vaknin The pragmatics of the civilization of illiteracy makes the experience of art part of the global experience. The Civilization of Illiteracy|Mihai Nadin
British Dictionary definitions for global
adjectivecovering, influencing, or relating to the whole world comprehensive Derived forms of globalglobally, adverbCollins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to globalinternational, universal, overall, comprehensive, all-around, all-inclusive, all-out, blanket, catholic, cosmic, cosmopolitan, earthly, ecumenical, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, grand, mundane, planetary, spherical Medical definitions for global
adj.Having the shape of a globe; spherical. Of or involving the entire earth; worldwide. Comprehensive; total. Of or relating to the eyeball. Other words from globalglob′al•ly adv.The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |