global

Meanings

1. 1
   adj

   Concerning all parts of the world.

   Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.

2. 2
   adj

   Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal

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

3. 3
   adj

   Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:

   Global variables keep support engineers employed.

4. 4
   adj

   Spherical, ball-shaped.

   In the center was a small, global mass.

5. 5
   adv

   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.

6. 6
   adj

   involving the entire earth

7. 7
   adj

   having the shape of a sphere or ball

8. 8
   adj

   Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

Etymology

From globe + -al; compare French global.