What does Globe mean?

Definitions for Globe
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Princeton's WordNet

  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

  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

  1. GLOBEnoun

    Etymology: globe, French; globus, Latin.

    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.

    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.

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

Wikipedia

  1. GLOBE

    GLOBE is the Global Legislators Organisation for a Balanced Environment, founded in 1991. GLOBE's objective is to support political leadership on issues of climate and energy security, land use change and ecosystems. Internationally, GLOBE is focused on leadership from G20 leaders and the leaders of the emerging economies as well as formal negotiations within the United Nations. GLOBE believes that legislators have a critical role to play in holding their own governments to account for the commitments that are made during international negotiations.

ChatGPT

  1. globe

    A globe is a three-dimensional, spherical representation of the Earth or other celestial bodies. It includes geographical details such as continents, oceans, countries, and cities. Globes are often used for educational purposes, specifically in geography and astronomy, offering a spatial and realistic view of the Earth’s physical features and relative proportions.

Webster Dictionary

  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

Wikidata

  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

  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

  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

  1. Globe

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

Surnames Frequency by Census Records

  1. GLOBE

    According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Globe is ranked #89069 in terms of the most common surnames in America.

    The Globe surname appeared 208 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Globe.

    61% or 127 total occurrences were White.
    31.2% or 65 total occurrences were Black.
    4.3% or 9 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
    2.8% or 6 total occurrences were of two or more races.

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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. Ted Cruz:

    There are some politicians who like to support boots on the ground in every conflict across the globe in an effort to lean forward and show how tough they are.

  2. Darren Linvill:

    It's definitely spreading out the risk, you can have accounts operating from entirely different parts of the globe and it might make your operation harder to identify overall.

  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. Nathan Sales:

    As the false caliphate collapsed, we saw ISIS' toxic ideology continue to spread around the globe in 2018, iSIS recognized new regional affiliates in Somalia and in East Asia. Foreign terrorist fighters headed home or traveled to third countries to join ISIS branches there. And homegrown terrorists, people who have never set foot in Syria or Iraq, also carried out attacks.

  5. Danielle McLean:

    Have bylines under dead name with The Boston Globe, Milford Daily News, and others. Updating those bylines retroactively would allow me to acknowledge the existence of those articles as part of my professional history.

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