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- pronunciation:
- glo
b
 l
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
having to do with the whole earth; worldwide; universal.
The pollution of the oceans is a global concern.
- synonyms:
- universal, worldwide
- antonyms:
- local
- similar words:
- far-reaching, intercontinental, planetary
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| definition 2: |
taking into account all the parts that make up the whole of something.
We need to take a global approach to taking care of our health.- synonyms:
- comprehensive, extensive, general
- similar words:
- exhaustive, inclusive, overall, sweeping, thorough, vast
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| definition 3: |
in the shape of a globe; spherical.
- synonyms:
- globular, spherical
- similar words:
- globoid, orbicular, ovate, rounded
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| related words: |
universal |
adverb + (adj.)global
increasingly, truly
(adj.)global
+ noun
awareness,
biodiversity,
brand,
capitalism,
carbon,
catastrophe,
challenge,
change,
citizenship,
climate,
commerce,
commons,
communication,
competition,
competitiveness,
consciousness,
consumption,
context,
cooperation,
corporation,
crisis,
crossing,
currency,
demand,
depletion,
dimension,
dioxide,
economy,
ecosystem,
emission,
environment,
equity,
expansion,
finance,
framework,
fund,
governance,
greenhouse,
growth,
hegemony,
implication,
initiative,
integration,
interdependence,
market,
marketing,
marketplace,
network,
ozone,
partnership,
perspective,
phenomenon,
positioning,
poverty,
reach,
recession,
satellite,
scale,
scope,
self-esteem,
stability,
surveyor,
system,
temperature,
terror,
terrorism,
trade,
trading,
treaty,
trend,
village,
warming
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| derivation: |
globally (adv.) |
The word global
contains the following part:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
  More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, agricultural, ancestral, annual, arboreal, artificial, astral, bacterial, biblical, biographical, brutal, capital, central, ceremonial, chemical, classical, clinical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continental, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, fluvial, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, guttural, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, ineffectual, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, maniacal, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, pastoral, personal, philosophical, plural, pluralism, pluralistic, political, potential, quizzical, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, sacrificial, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, territorial, theatrical, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, veridical, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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