global
English Edit
Etymology Edit
From globe + -al; compare French global.
Pronunciation Edit
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈɡləʊbəl/
Audio (Southern England) (file) - (US) enPR: glō'bəl, IPA(key): /ˈɡloʊbəl/
- Rhymes: -əʊbəl
Adjective Edit
global (comparative more global, superlative most global)
- Concerning all parts of the world.
- 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:
- Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.
- 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
- 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 […].
- Pollution is a global problem.
- (not comparable) Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
- (not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.
- Global variables keep support engineers employed.
- Which has to be considered in its entirety.
- Spherical, ball-shaped.
- In the center was a small, global mass.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
Synonyms Edit
- (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary
- (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
- (of or relating to a globe or sphere):
Antonyms Edit
- (concerning all parts of the world): domestic, national, local, regional
- (of a variable, in computing): local
Hyponyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
- global affair
- global affairs
- global caliphate
- global cooling
- global coupling
- global dimming
- global distillation
- global distribution system
- global element
- global etymology
- global governance
- global heating
- global illumination
- global image
- global indicator
- globalisation
- globalism
- globalist
- globalization
- globalize
- global literature
- globally
- global maximum
- global minimum
- Global North
- global order
- global positioning system
- Global Positioning System
- global scope
- global socialism
- Global South
- global studies
- global village
- global warming
- global weirding
- global workspace theory
- globesity
- glocal
- nonglobal
- unglobal
Related terms Edit
Translations Edit
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Noun Edit
global (plural globals)
- (computing) A globally scoped identifier.
Antonyms Edit
Adverb Edit
global (comparative more global, superlative most global)
- In the global manner; world-wide.
- 2016, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, page 122:
- 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.
References Edit
- global at OneLook Dictionary Search
- global in Keywords for Today: A 21st Century Vocabulary, edited by The Keywords Project, Colin MacCabe, Holly Yanacek, 2018.
- “global”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.
Further reading Edit
Catalan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globals)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “global” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “global”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “global” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “global” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
French Edit
Etymology Edit
From globe (“globe”) + -al, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
global (feminine globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)
Synonyms Edit
- (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
- (worldwide): mondial
Antonyms Edit
- (not worldwide): local, régional
- (not on the whole): particulier, spécifique
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Descendants Edit
Further reading Edit
- “global”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician Edit
Adjective Edit
global m or f (plural globais)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “global” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
German Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
global (strong nominative masculine singular globaler, not comparable)
Declension Edit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | |||
predicative | er ist global | sie ist global | es ist global | sie sind global | |
strong declension (without article) |
nominative | globaler | globale | globales | globale |
genitive | globalen | globaler | globalen | globaler | |
dative | globalem | globaler | globalem | globalen | |
accusative | globalen | globale | globales | globale | |
weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der globale | die globale | das globale | die globalen |
genitive | des globalen | der globalen | des globalen | der globalen | |
dative | dem globalen | der globalen | dem globalen | den globalen | |
accusative | den globalen | die globale | das globale | die globalen | |
mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein globaler | eine globale | ein globales | (keine) globalen |
genitive | eines globalen | einer globalen | eines globalen | (keiner) globalen | |
dative | einem globalen | einer globalen | einem globalen | (keinen) globalen | |
accusative | einen globalen | eine globale | ein globales | (keine) globalen |
Further reading Edit
Indonesian Edit
Etymology Edit
From Dutch globaal, from French global, globe, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
global
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- “global” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian Bokmål Edit
Etymology Edit
From the noun globus.
Adjective Edit
global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
Synonyms Edit
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “global” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk Edit
Etymology Edit
From the noun globus.
Adjective Edit
global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
Derived terms Edit
References Edit
- “global” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Occitan Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Audio (Languedocien) (file)
Adjective Edit
global m (feminine singular globala, masculine plural globals, feminine plural globalas)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
Portuguese Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Etymology 1 Edit
From globo (“globe”) + -al (“of or relating to”).
Adjective Edit
global m or f (plural globais)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
- Synonym: mundial
- (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)
Derived terms Edit
Etymology 2 Edit
Adjective Edit
global m or f (plural globais)
- (Brazil, of artists) working, having worked, or with potential to work, with Globo (Brazilian television network)
- uma atriz global ― a Globo actress
- (Brazil) of or relating to Globo
Further reading Edit
- “global” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Romanian Edit
Etymology Edit
Borrowed from French global. Equivalent to glob + -al.
Adjective Edit
global m or n (feminine singular globală, masculine plural globali, feminine and neuter plural globale)
Declension Edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | global | globală | globali | globale | ||
definite | globalul | globala | globalii | globalele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | global | globale | globali | globale | ||
definite | globalului | globalei | globalilor | globalelor |
Spanish Edit
Pronunciation Edit
Adjective Edit
global m or f (masculine and feminine plural globales)
Derived terms Edit
Related terms Edit
Noun Edit
global m (plural globales)
- (sports) aggregate (the total score in a set of games between teams or competitors, usually the combination of the home and away scores)
- Synonym: resultado global
Further reading Edit
- “global”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Swedish Edit
Etymology Edit
Adjective Edit
global (not comparable)
- global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal
Declension Edit
Inflection of global | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | global | — | — |
Neuter singular | globalt | — | — |
Plural | globala | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | globale | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | globale | — | — |
All | globala | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
Derived terms Edit
Further reading Edit
- global in Svensk ordbok.