global
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2.7
- adjective
- /ˈɡloʊbəl/
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global
- We should be becoming more global and less locked down.
- the global economy
- global warming
- global change
Now, much of the global media is shit.
- Now, much of the global media is shit.
- Well, but you there's been a global ban on bio weapons.
- This would have to become a global effort to stop.
- Yet it was picked up by all the global newspapers as as truth.
- Lastly, we have American Idol judge and global pop star Katy Perry.
- So now we have this global coherence monitoring system.
- Otherwise we are facing a global catastrophe.
- It has to do with a global credit bubble.
- That meant that the global communist movement also split.
- It's partly a story of a global challenge that we face.
- I can now check showering on global television off my list.
Examples
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Most of the time it's some application or some global challenge, right?
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An ultra-secret organization dedicated to fighting crime on a global scale.
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This would have to become a global effort to stop.
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To the worth of the global home we share.
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And this is a big part of the global control of population.
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It's partly a story of a global challenge that we face.
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Western oil companies dominated the global oil industry and collected most of its profits.
Academic text (2011) -
Considering this mutual debt, developing countries joining a global climate treaty should get their debt canceled.
Academic text (2011) -
As the world grows more interconnected, global has become the new local for community colleges.
Academic text (2011) -
The fight against climate change requires a global approach that involves every country.
Synonyms
439
4.2
True in all places and for all people
200
2.1
Happening in many countries around the world
144
4.5
Affecting people in many countries around the world
31
4.7
Relating to the whole Earth and affecting all countries
3
8.3
That has influence across the world
1
2.3
Happening in many countries around the world
1
3.7
Affecting the whole planet
Relating to the whole Earth or every country
Antonyms
Compounds
190
2.5
A gradual rise in Earth's average temperature caused mainly by burning coal, oil, and gas
- Specialized
9
3.3
Long-term change in Earth's usual weather and temperature mainly caused by people
- Specialized
4
3.4
A system that uses satellites to find the exact position of a device on Earth
1
3.5
A group of countries and people from many places that works on world problems like health or peace
1
5.8
A large organization that has influence in many countries, often in business or politics
- Specialized
1
8.6
A sudden short time when a person loses memory and feels confused for several hours
- Specialized
A severe loss of almost all ability to understand and use language after brain damage
- Specialized
A belief that one bad event means you will fail in many situations
- Formal
A plan for how countries work together to manage money and trade
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Etymology
Global comes from the Latin globus, meaning 'ball' or 'round', and is the same root as globe, the round model of the Earth. So, to call something global is to say it includes the whole world.