Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- adj. Having the shape of a globe; spherical.
- adj. Of, relating to, or involving the entire earth; worldwide: global war; global monetary policies.
- adj. Comprehensive; total: "a . . . global, generalized sense of loss” ( Maggie Scarf).
- adj. Computer Science Of or relating to an entire program, document, or file.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- Spherical; globe-shaped: as, the global earth.
- Relating to the round world; world-wide.
Wiktionary
- adj. spherical, ball-shaped
- adj. of or relating to a globe or sphere
- adj. Concerning all parts of the world.
- adj. of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program
- n. A globally scoped identifier.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope.
- adj. shaped like a globe; spherical.
- adj. broad in scope or content; comprehensive. Opposite of
noncomprehensive . - adj. Accessible and effective throughout an entire computer program, rather than in only one subroutine; -- used of variables. Opposite of
local .
WordNet 3.0
- adj. having the shape of a sphere or ball
- adj. involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope
Examples
“I applaud the organizers of SoP IV in taking a brave and bold step in making a bigger and more global conference remember the tagline -- building the _global_ metaverse?”
Are we really ready for a global conversation about virtual worlds?
“The keyword of * global warming* is the * global*!”
“And it remains so today, even though the Obama administration has long avoided the term "global war on terror".”
The Guardian: America's permanent robot war | Tom Engelhardt
“The term "global warming" has been replaced by the neutral "climate change," while concern about the planet has decreased in inverse proportion to the increase in the earth's temperature.”
“Yet, despite this recent report, and despite all we do know about climate change, the topic has become the C-word in Washington, D.C. Just as the term "global warming" fell out of favor, the term "climate change" is now one that few in our nation's capital dare bring up in conversation, much less in legislation.”
“In any event, all their many reports and assessments have concluded that climate change they no longer like to use the term "global warming" is due primarily to excessive emissions or CO2 and that significant amounts of these emissions are being trapped in our atmosphere, hence our need to reduce these emissions.”
“For most MBAs, the phrase 'global business opportunity' conjures China or India, but most of the tough challenges faced by firms occur in places more like Iraq than in the BRIC economies.”
“Real Estate Needs to Pay its Dues The Unreported Deal Chase Cash, Not Valuations In 2005, Governor Bernanke famously coined the term "global savings glut" to explain how savings far exceeded investment opportunities globally resulting in low interest rates.”
The Wall Street Journal: The Beginning of a High Interest Rate Era
“The term global warming is often used synonymously with the term climate change, but the two terms have distinct meanings.”
“Holdren referred to the term global warming as a "(dangerous) misnomer" (for reasons stated in the slide to the right).”
The Washington Post: Global warming, global weirding, or what?
Lists
These user-created lists contain the word ‘global’.
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Academic Vocabulary
Use these and get promoted
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Topical
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The Buzz
The bang, the cannonade,
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webdev
random webdev lingo / common words used in computer programming.
( randomness, words )ajax, user, admin, frontend, backend, database, sql, protocol, call, dom, layout, ui and 392 more...
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The Pain of Texting
Words that are a pain in the ass to type in on a numerical keypad on a cell phone because they have consecutive letters that share the same button:
2 - ABC
3 - DEF
4 - GHI...defcon, hi, no, attitude, xylophone, on, monday, monkey, mono, dig, back, babble and 212 more...
abraxaszugzwang That part always bugged me. I think the best thing about the song is that most people find it to be unlistenable. That and John's laugh at the end. Feb 23, 2007
john Right at the end of the semi-sing-along "Lonesome Surprise", by The Mountain Goats, you can hear someone -- it sounds like Daniel Johnston -- exclaim "woohoo! this is global!". Best part of the song. Feb 23, 2007