What does Global mean?

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ˈgloʊ bəlglob·al

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wideadjective

    involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

    "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"

  2. ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, sphericaladjective

    having the shape of a sphere or ball

    "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

GCIDE

  1. globaladjective

    (Computers) Accessible and effective throughout an entire computer program, rather than in only one subroutine; -- used of variables; as, global variable. Opposite of local.

Wiktionary

  1. globalnoun

    A globally scoped identifier.

  2. globaladjective

    spherical, ball-shaped

    In the center was a small, global mass....

  3. globaladjective

    of or relating to a globe or sphere

  4. globaladjective

    Concerning all parts of the world.

    Pollution is a global problem.

  5. globaladjective

    of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program

    Global variables keep support engineers employed.

ChatGPT

  1. Global

    Global refers to something that relates to or affects the entire world or a large part of it. It can be used to describe phenomena, issues, events, or trends that are global in nature, encompassing multiple countries or regions. The term emphasizes the interconnectedness and interdependence of various parts of the world, highlighting the impact and reach of certain aspects on a global scale.

Editors Contribution

  1. global

    Relating to the world or all countries of the world.

    Global change is here and we are moving through moments of time creating peace, calm, stability, unity, solidarity, cohesion, understanding, optimum health, human rights, sustainable development goals and shared prosperity for all.


    Submitted by MaryC on April 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Global' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2773

  2. Adjectives Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'Global' in Adjectives Frequency: #376

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Global in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Global in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of Global in a Sentence

  1. Nitesh Shah:

    The rally was a bit premature because global oil supply hasn't really tightened yet.

  2. Eloise Todd:

    New global goals which could set out the roadmap to end extreme poverty will be worth little if leaders fail to back them with an ambitious financing plan.

  3. State Tony Blinken:

    Not only whether United States creates opportunities for American workers and businesses, but also whether United States's green and sustainable, and done in a way that's transparent ; respects workers' rights ; gives the local population a say ; and doesn't mire developing governments and communities in debt. United States's an opportunity for us, the global renewable energy market is projected to be $ 2.15 trillion by 2025.

  4. Alban Dechelotte:

    The future is about stabilizing the eco-system and growing as a sport globally, we are already global, we are fundamentally digital and 85 % of our audience is under 25 years old.

  5. Matthew Rodell:

    We thought, well, maybe this is related to global warming, because we do know the past seven or so years have been the hottest on record, sure enough, there was a significant correlation between this total worldwide intensity of these events and the temperature record.

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