globe
Usually the globe . the planet Earth.
a planet or other celestial body.
to form into a globe.
to take the form of a globe.
Origin of globe
1synonym study For globe
Other words from globe
- globelike, adjective
Words Nearby globe
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How to use globe in a sentence
Though the company is independent, it can rely on the manufacturing capacity that United Biomedical can provide around the globe.
Why Covaxx thinks it has a COVID-19 vaccine game changer on its hands | Sy Mukherjee | August 27, 2020 | FortuneAn active MJO influences weather around the globe, including storminess in North America and Europe.
Improved three-week weather forecasts could save lives from disaster | Alexandra Witze | August 27, 2020 | Science NewsNow, a possible game-changing treatment that is weeks away could help Salerno and doctors across the globe save lives while they wait for a vaccine.
With the globe closely following the race to find an effective vaccine for the coronavirus, you can do your part by participating in a large-scale clinical trial.
Despite never seeing a global weather map, Laplace developed a theory predicting that continent-size pressure waves would periodically sweep around the globe.
And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden globe and SAG Awards.
‘The Comeback’ Finale: Give Lisa Kudrow All of the Awards | Kevin Fallon | December 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe wives have been traveling for years across the globe to bring attention to the case.
Of Cuban Spies, a Baby, and a Filmmaker: The Strange Tale of the Cuban Five | Nina Strochlic | December 28, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTCricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.
The Story of the World’s Greatest Cricket Player | William O’Connor | December 24, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTPan Am was once an imperial power in its own right, girdling the globe.
Congratulations on your Golden globe nomination for Best Director.
Ava DuVernay on ‘Selma,’ the Racist Sony Emails, and Making Golden Globes History | Marlow Stern | December 15, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThis immense and magnificent globe diffuses heat and light to all the other planets.
God and my Neighbour | Robert BlatchfordThis was the first small beginning of that great tourist business which now encircles the habitable globe.
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowI was but very recently married, I said, and how could I leave my wife to go to the other side of the globe alone?
Fifty Years of Railway Life in England, Scotland and Ireland | Joseph TatlowThere seems to have been then only one climate over the whole globe, caused, no doubt, by the internal heat of the earth.
Gospel Philosophy | J. H. WardIt was not till the summer of 1698 that all was ready for the expedition which was to change the face of the globe.
The History of England from the Accession of James II. | Thomas Babington Macaulay
British Dictionary definitions for globe
/ (ɡləʊb) /
a sphere on which a map of the world or the heavens is drawn or represented
the globe the world; the earth
a planet or some other astronomical body
an object shaped like a sphere, such as a glass lampshade or fish-bowl
Australian, NZ and Southern African an electric light bulb
an orb, usually of gold, symbolic of authority or sovereignty
to form or cause to form into a globe
Origin of globe
1Derived forms of globe
- globelike, adjective
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