global

Etymology

Definitions

1. 1

   Concerning all parts of the world.

   • Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.
   • Pollution is a global problem.
2. 2

   Pertaining to the whole of something

   Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal

   • The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator.
3. 3

   Spherical, ball-shaped.

   • In the center was a small, global mass.
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   1. 4

      Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

   2. 5

      A globally scoped identifier.

   3. 6

      In the global manner

      In the global manner; world-wide.

      • 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.

The neighborhood

• antonymdomesticantonym(s) of “concerning all parts of the world”
• antonymnationalantonym(s) of “concerning all parts of the world”
• antonymlocalantonym(s) of “concerning all parts of the world”
• antonymregionalantonym(s) of “concerning all parts of the world”
• neighborglobe
• neighborglobular
• neighborquasi-global
• neighborsemiglobal
• neighborsub-global
• neighborsuperglobal
• neighbortransglobal