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global

  • adjective
  • glo·bal
  • glō'bəl

Concerning all parts of the world.

Example

“Pollution is a global problem.”

Other meanings

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

  2. Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.

Related words

  • antiglobal
  • antiglobalist
  • global panini
  • circumglobal
  • global affair
  • global affairs
  • global boiling
  • global city
  • global cooling
  • global coupling
  • global dimming
  • global distillation

Example sentences

  • “Will the economy recover from the global recession?”

    Tatoeba · Igider · CC0
  • “We're at the beginning of a global mass extinction event.”

    Tatoeba · shekitten · CC0

Where this comes from

This definition is adapted from “global” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.