globe

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The world; planet Earth.

   News of the event spread across the globe within hours.

2. 2
   noun

   A round model of the Earth with a map on its surface.

   She spun the globe and pointed to a faraway country.

3. 3
   noun

   Any round, ball-shaped object.

   Glass globes hung from the ceiling, each holding a small light.

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Simplified etymology

Globe entered late Middle English as a borrowing from Latin globus. It once had a broad range of meanings and could refer to almost anything globular, including an eyeball, a cannonball, a mass of people, or a comet. Its use for a spherical map of the earth appeared in the mid-16th century.

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

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