global
English
Adjective
global (comparative more global, superlative most global)
- Spherical, ball-shaped.
- In the center was a small, global mass.
- (not comparable) Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
- 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.
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- (not comparable, computing) Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program.
- Global variables keep support engineers employed.
- Which has to be considered in its entirety.
Synonyms
- (spherical): ball-shaped, globular, round, spherical
- (of or relating to a globe or sphere):
- (concerning all parts of the world): world-wide, planetary
Antonyms
Hyponyms
- quasi-global
- semiglobal
- sub-global
- superglobal
- transglobal
Derived terms
Related terms
Translations
spherical
of or relating to a globe or sphere
concerning all parts of the world
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of a variable, in computing
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Antonyms
Catalan
French
Synonyms
- (spherical): globulaire, sphérique
- (worldwide): mondial
Antonyms
- (not worldwide): local, régional
- (not on the whole): particulier, spécifique
Related terms
- globe m
- globalement
- globalisme m
- globaliste m
- globulare
Further reading
- “global” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
German
Pronunciation
Audio (file) - Rhymes: -aːl
Declension
Declension of global
| number & gender | singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | neuter | all genders | ||
| predicative | er ist global | sie ist global | es ist global | sie sind global | |
| strong declension (without article) |
nominative | globaler | globale | globales | globale |
| genitive | globalen | globaler | globalen | globaler | |
| dative | globalem | globaler | globalem | globalen | |
| accusative | globalen | globale | globales | globale | |
| weak declension (with definite article) |
nominative | der globale | die globale | das globale | die globalen |
| genitive | des globalen | der globalen | des globalen | der globalen | |
| dative | dem globalen | der globalen | dem globalen | den globalen | |
| accusative | den globalen | die globale | das globale | die globalen | |
| mixed declension (with indefinite article) |
nominative | ein globaler | eine globale | ein globales | (keine) globalen |
| genitive | eines globalen | einer globalen | eines globalen | (keiner) globalen | |
| dative | einem globalen | einer globalen | einem globalen | (keinen) globalen | |
| accusative | einen globalen | eine globale | ein globales | (keine) globalen | |
Synonyms
- (worldwide): weltweit
Portuguese
Adjective
global m or f (plural globais, comparable)
Synonyms
- (concerning all parts of the world): mundial
Adjective
global m or f (plural globais, comparable)
- Of or pertaining to Rede Globo, a Brazilian TV network.
- ator global ― global actor (actor of Rede Globo)
Further reading
Swedish
Adjective
global (not comparable)
- global, spanning the entire globe, the whole world, international, universal
Declension
| Inflection of global | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Indefinite | 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 the predicative. | |||
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