global
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French global, from Old French globe, from Latin globus.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
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.
SynonymsEdit
- (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary
- (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
- (of or relating to a globe or sphere):
AntonymsEdit
- (concerning all parts of the world): domestic, national, local, regional
- (of a variable, in computing): local
HyponymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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NounEdit
global (plural globals)
- (computing) A globally scoped identifier.
AntonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
AdverbEdit
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.
ReferencesEdit
- 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.
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global (masculine and feminine plural globals)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “global” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
- “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.
FrenchEdit
EtymologyEdit
From globe ("globe"), from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).
PronunciationEdit
- IPA(key): /ɡlɔ.bal/
- Homophones: globale, globales
AdjectiveEdit
global (feminine singular globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)
SynonymsEdit
- (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
- (worldwide): mondial
AntonymsEdit
- (not worldwide): local, régional
- (not on the whole): particulier, spécifique
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
GalicianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global m or f (plural globais)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega, Royal Galician Academy.
GermanEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global (not comparable)
- global (worldwide)
DeclensionEdit
number & gender | singular | plural | |||
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masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
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 |
SynonymsEdit
- (worldwide): weltweit
AntonymsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Duden online
IndonesianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Dutch globaal, from French global, globe, from Latin globus (“globe, sphere”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global
Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the noun globus.
AdjectiveEdit
global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “global” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the noun globus.
AdjectiveEdit
global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “global” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
OccitanEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global m (feminine singular globala, masculine plural globals, feminine plural globalas)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
PortugueseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
AdjectiveEdit
global m or f (plural globais, comparable)
- global (concerning all parts of the world)
- Synonym: mundial
- (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
AdjectiveEdit
global m or f (plural globais, comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Rede Globo, a Brazilian TV network.
- ator global ― global actor (actor of Rede Globo)
Further readingEdit
- Rede Globo on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Rede Globo on the Portuguese Wikipedia.Wikipedia pt
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global (plural globales)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “global” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
SwedishEdit
EtymologyEdit
AdjectiveEdit
global (not comparable)
- global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of global | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | global | — | — |
Neuter singular | globalt | — | — |
Plural | globala | — | — |
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. |