global

UK /ˈɡləʊbəl/ US /ˈɡlɐʉbəl/
adj 5noun 1adv 1

Definitions

adj

1

Concerning all parts of the world.

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

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 […].

2

Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal

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

3

Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:

Global variables keep support engineers employed.

4

Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:

5

Spherical, ball-shaped.

In the center was a small, global mass.

noun

1

A globally scoped identifier.

adv

1

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.

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