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global

global

English

Adjective

global (comparative more global, superlative most global)

  1. Spherical, ball-shaped.
    In the center was a small, global mass.
  2. (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
  3. Concerning all parts of the world.
    • 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:
      Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.
    • 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
      It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today [].
    Pollution is a global problem.
  4. (not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.
    Global variables keep support engineers employed.
  5. Which has to be considered in its entirety.

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Noun

global (plural globals)

  1. (computing) A globally scoped identifier.

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Catalan

Adjective

global m, f (masculine and feminine plural globals)

  1. global

French

Etymology

From globe ("globe"), from Latin globus (globe, sphere).

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Adjective

global m (feminine singular globale, masculine plural globaux, feminine plural globales)

  1. (originally) global, spherical; (hence) concerning the whole world
  2. as a whole, on the whole; total

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German

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -aːl

Adjective

global (not comparable)

  1. global (worldwide)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

  1. global

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From the noun globus.

Adjective

global (neuter singular globalt, definite singular and plural globale)

  1. global

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

globo (globe) + -al

Adjective

global m, f (plural globais, comparable)

  1. global (concerning all parts of the world)
  2. (computing, of a variable) global (accessible by all parts of a program)
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  • (concerning all parts of the world): mundial

Etymology 2

Globo + -al

Adjective

global m, f (plural globais, comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to Rede Globo, a Brazilian TV network.
    ator globalglobal actor (actor of Rede Globo)

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Spanish

Adjective

global m, f (plural globales)

  1. global (worldwide)

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Swedish

Etymology

glob + -al

Adjective

global (not comparable)

  1. global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal

Declension

Inflection of global
Indefinite/attributive Positive Comparative Superlative2
Common singular global
Neuter singular globalt
Plural globala
Definite Positive Comparative Superlative
Masculine singular1 globale
All globala
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.
2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in an attributive role.

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