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globe

globe

211 1.0
The whole Earth and all the people and places on it
  • noun
  • /ɡloʊb/
translation icon : mundo
  • It's doing this all across the globe, day in, day out.
  • all around the globe
  • countries around the globe
  • people across the globe

It's doing this all across the globe, day in, day out.

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Examples

  • Well, Margaret, the family is spread all over the globe.

  • Thanks to the pandemic, people all over the globe are out of work.

  • Our climate is changing all around the globe where we live.

  • Eventually, this cold, deep water will spread around the globe and slowly rise toward the surface.

  • Our names will travel the globe.

  • The WHO Health Promoting School model has been implemented across the globe from China to Canada.

    Academic text (2012)
  • For example, a vast network of weather stations across the globe has proven vital in detecting global climate change.

    Academic text (2012)
  • In Beyond Plus, you'll hear the voices and stories of people across the globe impacted by HIV.

  • Magellan's crew circumnavigated the globe in a grueling exercise that took three years.

    Academic text (2012)
  • The conference will discuss environmental issues affecting the globe and its inhabitants.

Synonyms

world
vsglobe
1.0

The planet where people live

adds the detail of being the third planet from the sun
Earth
vsglobe
486 1.0

A planet we live on, third from the Sun

emphasizes its identity as the third planet from the sun

Compounds

celestial globe
  • Specialized
8.1

A round model of the sky showing stars and constellations

A tropical plant with round bright flowers that keep their color when dried

A large plant with a round, spiky flower head eaten as a vegetable

A plant with round yellow flowers

9.3

A North American plant with small round flowers often grown in gardens

9.8

A low rough plant with pink or red flowers that grows in dry areas

A round sweet pepper with thick walls often used for stuffing or roasting

A plant with prickly leaves and round blue flower heads

A wild flower with deep pink or purple egg-shaped blooms on bending stems

A plant with branching clusters of white, egg-shaped flowers

yellow globe lily
  • Specialized
9.9

A small flower plant from northern California with bright yellow egg-shaped blooms in open clusters

Surface Forms

globe singular
globes plural

Etymology

Globe comes from the Latin globus, meaning 'round mass' or 'ball'. That's why we call the Earth the globe, because it is a round ball and globe can mean the whole world.