1
a
: of, relating to, or involving the entire world : worldwide
a global system of communication
global economic problems
global warfare
see also global village, global warming
b
: of or relating to a spherical celestial body (such as the moon)
For the Moon, the early formation of global crust was accompanied and succeeded for several hundred million years by a massive influx of projectiles …—
James W. Head
James W. Head2
: of, relating to, or applying to a whole (such as a mathematical function or a computer program) : universal
a global search of a file
Global search and replace can be harnessed to make this correction throughout the file almost instantaneously.—Shay Addams
Shay Addams3
of a medical condition
: being particularly severe or encompassing in nature : having or exhibiting a broad or nearly complete effect
… West suffered a stroke that left him with global aphasia: an inability to produce words or to understand words spoken to him.—Alison McCulloch
Alison McCullochThe two other cases presented with milder characteristics, displaying global developmental delay and seizures.—The Albany (Georgia) Herald
The Albany (Georgia) Herald4
: having the shape of a globe : spherical
a global mass
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Examples of global in a Sentence
English is becoming a global language.
The program allows users to do global searches through all the available data.
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Furthermore, the global rules of the game have changed since 2017, when existing U.S. initiatives, coalitions, and institutions still had a lot of juice.
—Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Furthermore, the training and cooling of AI models can consume nearly nine liters of fresh water for every kWh of energy, heightening the global freshwater scarcity already impacting millions of people.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
The company acknowledges its dependence on maintaining compatibility with customer IT infrastructures and managing global operations to meet future obligations.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
In addition to the consequences for the global economy, an increase in U.S.-China tensions would have far-reaching implications for U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan and Australia.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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Daniel W. Drezner, Foreign Affairs, 12 Nov. 2024
Furthermore, the training and cooling of AI models can consume nearly nine liters of fresh water for every kWh of energy, heightening the global freshwater scarcity already impacting millions of people.
—Letters To The Editor, The Mercury News, 8 Nov. 2024
The company acknowledges its dependence on maintaining compatibility with customer IT infrastructures and managing global operations to meet future obligations.
—Quartz Bot, Quartz, 8 Nov. 2024
In addition to the consequences for the global economy, an increase in U.S.-China tensions would have far-reaching implications for U.S. allies in the Asia-Pacific region such as South Korea, Japan and Australia.
—Jennifer Jett, NBC News, 7 Nov. 2024
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“Global.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/global. Accessed 22 Nov. 2024.
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global
adjective
glob·al
ˈglō-bəl 
1
: having the shape of a globe
2
a
: of, relating to, or involving the entire world
global health conditions
b
: of, relating to, or involving the globe of the eye
global anesthesia in cataract surgery
3
of a medical condition
: being particularly severe or encompassing in nature : having or exhibiting a broad or nearly complete effect
… West suffered a stroke that left him with global aphasia: an inability to produce words or to understand words spoken to him.—Alison McCulloch
Alison McCulloch4
a
: being comprehensive, all-inclusive, or complete
global obstetric care
transient global amnesia
Akinesia was global, although rigidity and dystonia were strikingly unilateral in distribution.—Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks
b
: of, relating to, or constituting an organic whole : organismic
… the newer psychiatry seeks to understand in a global way the dynamic structure of the patient's personality …—Psychological Abstracts
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