globe

A2 Topic:Travel

US /ɡloʊb/ UK /ɡləʊb/ See IPA manual

Minimal pairs

Sounds like glob /ɑ/ vs /oʊ/

Freq #6517

Meanings

1

noun
The world; planet Earth.

News of the event spread across the globe within hours.
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

noun
Any round, ball-shaped object.

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

Thesaurus

Synonyms

1 noun · the world; planet earth. earth world

3 noun · any round, ball-shaped object. ball sphere

Word family

Forms globes

Derived forms cyberglobeenglobeeyeglobeglobe-eartherglobe-trotglobe-trotterglobe-trottingglobefishglobeflowerglobefulglobeheadglobeless

Related forms global globular

Common collocations

Etymology

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

*gel- Proto-Indo-European globe Middle English globus Latin

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Topics

Travel

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# globe

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ɡloʊb/
**IPA (UK):** /ɡləʊb/
**Frequency rank:** 6517

## Meanings
1. The world; planet Earth.
2. A round model of the Earth with a map on its surface.
3. Any round, ball-shaped object.

## Examples
- News of the event spread across the globe within hours.
- She spun the globe and pointed to a faraway country.
- Glass globes hung from the ceiling, each holding a small light.

## Derived Forms
- cyberglobe
- englobe
- eyeglobe
- globe-earther
- globe-trot
- globe-trotter
- globe-trotting
- globefish
- globeflower
- globeful
- globehead
- globeless

## Related Forms
- global
- globular

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *gel-
- Root: globe
- Root: globus

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

## AI Etymology
Globe comes from late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus. In current use, the main senses are “The world; planet Earth” and “A round model of the Earth with a map on its surface”.

## Topics
- Travel

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