Definitions for Globe
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Princeton's WordNet(3.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Earth, earth, world, globenoun

   the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on

   "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"

2. ball, globe, orbnoun

   an object with a spherical shape

   "a ball of fire"

3. globenoun

   a sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented

Wiktionary(3.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. globenoun

   Any spherical object

2. globenoun

   The planet Earth.

3. globenoun

   A spherical model of Earth or any planet.

4. globeverb

   To become spherical

5. Etymology: From globe, from globus.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. GLOBEnoun

   Etymology: globe, French; globus, Latin.

   1. A sphere; a ball; a round body; a body of which every part of the surface is at the same distance from the centre.2. The terraqueous ball.

   The youth, whose fortune the vast globe obey’d,
   Finding his royal enemy betray’d,
   Wept at his fall. George Stepney.

   Where God declares his intention to give this dominion, it is plain he meant that he would make a species of creatures that should have dominion over the other species of this terrestrial globe. John Locke.

   3. A sphere in which the various regions of the earth are geographically depicted, or in which the constellations are laid down according to their places in the sky.

   The astrologer who spells the stars,
   Mistakes his globe, and in her brighter eye
   Interprets heaven’s physiognomy. John Cleveland.

   These are the stars,
   But raise thy thought from sense, nor think to find
   Such figures there as are in globes design’d. Thomas Creech.

   4. A body of soldiers drawn into a circle.

   Him round
   A globe of fiery seraphim inclos’d,
   With bright imblazoning, and horrent arms. John Milton.

Webster Dictionary(3.29 / 7 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Globenoun

   a round or spherical body, solid or hollow; a body whose surface is in every part equidistant from the center; a ball; a sphere

2. Globenoun

   anything which is nearly spherical or globular in shape; as, the globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp

3. Globenoun

   the earth; the terraqueous ball; -- usually preceded by the definite article

4. Globenoun

   a round model of the world; a spherical representation of the earth or heavens; as, a terrestrial or celestial globe; -- called also artificial globe

5. Globenoun

   a body of troops, or of men or animals, drawn up in a circle; -- a military formation used by the Romans, answering to the modern infantry square

6. Globeverb

   to gather or form into a globe

Freebase(4.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Globe

   A globe is a three-dimensional scale model of Earth or other spheroid celestial body such as a planet, star, or moon. Some terrestrial globes include relief to show mountains and other features on the Earth's surface. The word "globe" comes from the Latin word globus, meaning round mass or sphere. It may also refer to a spherical representation of the celestial sphere, showing the apparent positions of the stars and constellations in the sky.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(3.60 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Globe

   glōb, n. a ball: a round body, a sphere: the earth: a sphere representing the earth (terrestrial globe) or the heavens (celestial globe): (obs.) a group.—v.t. to form in a circle.—ns. Globe′-fish, one of a genus of fishes found in warm seas, remarkable for its power of swelling out its body to a globular form; Globe′-flow′er, a small palæarctic genus of plants of the order Ranunculaceæ, with a globe of large showy sepals enclosing the small inconspicuous linear petals; Globe′-trot′ter, one who travels for pleasure around the world; Globe′-trot′ting; Glō′bin, a proteid constituent of red blood corpuscles.—adjs. Glōbose′, Glōb′ous, resembling a globe.—n. (Milt.) a globe.—n. Glōbos′ity.—adjs. Glob′ūlar, Glob′ūlous, Glob′ūlose, like a globe: spherical.—n. Globūlar′ity.—adv. Glob′ūlarly.—ns. Glob′ūle, a little globe or round particle—also Glob′ūlet; Glob′ūlin, Glob′ūline, a substance closely allied to albumen, which forms the main ingredient of the blood globules, and also occurs in the crystalline lens of the eye; Glob′ūlite, the name given by Vogelsang to minute crystallites of spherical, drop-like form.—adj. Glōb′y (Milt.), round. [O. Fr.,—L. globus; gleba, a clod.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. GLOBE

   An all-round proposition which has furnished its shareholders a living for several thousand years, though its stock is two-thirds water.

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Etymology and Origins(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Globe

   An inn sign, the name of which was derived from the arms of the King of Portugal.

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Globe in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Globe in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of Globe in a Sentence

1. Greg McKenna:

   Unless you believe a trade deal will happen the slowdown in the global economy continues ... and earnings all over the globe will be under pressure.

2. Stephanie Grisham:

   BeBest is the First Lady's initiative, and she will continue to use it to do all she can to help children. It is no secret that the President and First Lady often communicate differently -- as most married couples do. Their son is not an activist who travels the globe giving speeches. He is a 13-year-old who wants and deserves privacy.

3. Cory Gardner:

   President (Trump) needs to make it clear that the continued aggression by Russia around the globe ... is unacceptable, and that they will be held accountable.

4. Sarah Brooks:

   Their efforts to limit civil society's independence and shut down civil society voices were rebuffed by a strong message - from member states across the globe - about the importance of keeping defenders' voices at the table.

5. Yeb Sano:

   What is clear is that the common culprit across the globe is the burning of fossil fuels -- coal, oil and gas -- worsened by the cutting down of our forests, what we need to see is our leaders thinking seriously about our health and the climate by looking at a fair transition out of fossil fuels while telling us clearly the level of our air quality, so that steps can be taken to tackle this health and climate crisis.

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