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global

adjective

  1. worldwide
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Wiktionary

Pronunciation: /ˈɡləʊ.bəl/ / [ˈɡləʊ̯b(ə)ɫ] / /ˈɡloʊ.bəl/

adj

Etymology: From globe + -al; compare French global.

  1. Concerning all parts of the world.

    Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.

    It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […].

  2. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal

    The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator.

  3. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:

    Global variables keep support engineers employed.

  4. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
  5. Spherical, ball-shaped.

    In the center was a small, global mass.

  6. Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

adv

Etymology: From globe + -al; compare French global.

  1. In the global manner; world-wide.

    Coca-Cola, for example, shifted its stance, unsuccessfully, between “think global, act global” and “think local, act local” during the tenures of three different CEOs in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

noun

Etymology: From globe + -al; compare French global.

  1. A globally scoped identifier.