English Explanatory Dictionary

global

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Concerning all parts of the world.
  2. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal
  3. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
  4. Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.
  5. Which has to be considered in its entirety.
  6. Spherical, ball-shaped.
  7. Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
noun
  1. A globally scoped identifier.
adv
  1. In the global manner; world-wide.

Pronunciation

glō'bəl /ˈɡləʊ.bəl/ [ˈɡləʊ̯b(ə)ɫ] LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-global.wav /ˈɡloʊ.bəl/ [ˈɡloʊ̯b(ə)ɫ] /ˈɡlɐʉ.bəl/ [ˈɡlɐʉb(ə)ɫ] /ɡloː.bəl/ [ˈɡloːbɐl]

Word forms

global more global most global globals

Etymology

From globe + -al; compare French global.

Synonyms

world-wide planetary ball-shaped globular round spherical

Antonyms

domestic national local regional

Related words

globe globular

Derived words

antiglobal antiglobalist circumglobal global affair global affairs global boiling global city global cooling global coupling global dimming global distillation global distribution system global element global empire global etymology global governance global heating global hectare global hoax global illumination global image global indicator globalisation globalism globalist globalitarian globality globalization globalize global literature globally global majority global maximum global minimum global north globaloney global order global panini global positioning system global scope global socialism Global South global studies global village global warming global warmist global weirding global-wide global workspace theory globesity Globish globital globohomo glocal glocalization hyperglobal hyperglobalist interglobal multiglobal nonglobal
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