GLOBAL


Meaning of GLOBAL in English

I. ˈglōbəl adjective

1. : having the shape of a globe : spherical

the earth is a global mass

2.

a.

(1) : of, relating to, or involving the entire world

global economic problems

global health conditions

global warfare

(2) : including or adapted to the entire world

global plans for peace

a global point of view

global strategy

: not narrow or provincial : unrestricted in outlook or application : broad , universal

a philosophy which takes a global view — Alan Gewirth

(3) : distributed over or extending throughout the entire world : worldwide

global airlines

a system of global communication

: ranging over or around the entire world

global travelers

global bombers

b. : of, relating to, or involving the globe of the eye

global anesthesia in cataract surgery

3.

a.

(1) : comprehensive , all-inclusive , grand

the global total of national income in the U.S.

: overall , total

limiting the global tonnage of that country's navy

the global output of a factory

(2) : blanket III 1

a global allocation of funds

(3) : exhaustively complete

a catalog noted for its global coverage of new recordings

b.

(1) : of, relating to, or constituting an organic whole : not divided into parts : not fractionalized : unified , organismic

the newer psychiatry seeks to understand in a global way the dynamic structure of the patient's personality — Psychological Abstracts

: emphasizing a totality rather than the constitutive elements of a totality

the global method of reading that aims at immediate recognition of whole words

(2) : of, relating to, or consisting of similar or identical parts : homogeneous

a country trying to perfect a global form of social community

(3) : not admitting a choice : solidly uniform : monolithic

confronted with a global list of political candidates

c. : marked by absence of particularizing detail : simple and highly undifferentiated : generalized

global perceptions of the world outside the self

the typically global nature of primitive art

• glob·al·ly -bəlē, -li adverb

II. adjective

1. : of or relating to a celestial body (as the moon)

2. : of, relating to, or applying to a whole (as a mathematical function or a computer program)

a global search of the file

Webster's New International English Dictionary.      Новый международный словарь английского языка Webster.