Definitions for global
ˈgloʊ bəlglob·al

Princeton's WordNet(3.50 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. global, planetary, world(a), worldwide, world-wide(adj)

   involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope

   "global war"; "global monetary policy"; "neither national nor continental but planetary"; "a world crisis"; "of worldwide significance"

2. ball-shaped, global, globose, globular, orbicular, spheric, spherical(adj)

   having the shape of a sphere or ball

   "a spherical object"; "nearly orbicular in shape"; "little globular houses like mud-wasp nests"- Zane Grey

GCIDE(2.80 / 5 votes)Rate this definition:

1. global(adj.)

   (Computers) Accessible and effective throughout an entire computer program, rather than in only one subroutine; -- used of variables; as, global variable. Opposite of local.

Wiktionary(1.00 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. global(Noun)

   A globally scoped identifier.

2. global(Adjective)

   spherical, ball-shaped

   In the center was a small, global mass....

3. global(Adjective)

   of or relating to a globe or sphere

4. global(Adjective)

   Concerning all parts of the world.

   Pollution is a global problem.

5. global(Adjective)

   of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program

   Global variables keep support engineers employed.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. global

   Relating to the world or all countries in the world.

   Global change is here and we are moving through moments of time creating peace, calm, stability, unity, solidarity, cohesion, understanding, optimum health, human rights, sustainable development goals and shared prosperity for all.

   Submitted by MaryC on April 4, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'global' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2773

2. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'global' in Adjectives Frequency: #376

How to pronounce global?

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   Alex

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   Daniel

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   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of global in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of global in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of global in a Sentence

1. Zak Shaikh:

   I don't think Apple Arcade matters as much whether in this first year that they've broken any records, they're definitely going for high-quality, and high-quality global( content). You'll start to see the fruits of that in a couple of years. As long as they survive... Not every service is going to survive the next five years because there's too many options.

2. Emmanuel Cau:

   We expect global activity, consumer activity and retail sales to be more positive over the next few months.

3. Arun Kejriwal:

   The last bounce from 7200 was bought by a section of investors and now they seem to be selling at higher levels, they're getting justification from the ongoing global selloff, economy seems to be bottoming out, but that will at least take one-two quarters to reflect into earnings of the companies.

4. Lufthansa CEO Carsten Spohr:

   Most airlines around the world follow the same procedures as Lufthansa that in flight phases with low workload, the pilot can leave the cockpit -- especially for physical need -- and then he returns to the cockpit as fast as he can. That's a global thing, most accepted procedure, which we have used at Lufthansa for many, many years.

5. Stephen Innes:

   Crude prices continued their stellar performance into year-end, nudged along by the more benevolent inventory data published by the EIA, product demand is up, and with a more constructive global growth outlook than at any time of this year, oil markets remain supported by the fundamental backdrop.

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