globe

[ glohb ]

/ gloʊb /

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noun

the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).

a planet or other celestial body.

a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe).

a spherical body; sphere.

anything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.

a golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.

verb (used with object), globed, glob·ing.

to form into a globe.

verb (used without object), globed, glob·ing.

to take the form of a globe.

Nearby words

globalism, globalization, globalize, globally, globate, globe, globe amaranth, globe artichoke, globe lightning, globe theater, globe theatre

Origin of globe

1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French globe < Latin globus round body, ball, sphere

SYNONYMS FOR globe

1 See earth.

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Related formsglobe·like, adjective

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Examples from the Web for globe

The wives have been traveling for years across the globe to bring attention to the case.
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Pan Am was once an imperial power in its own right, girdling the globe.
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Across the globe over the past few decades, women proven themselves as effective martyrs for a cause.
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Atlanta, Georgia, USA Atlanta is quickly becoming one of the most promising LGBT HQs on the globe.
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The remains of man, too, add to the earthy coating that covers the face of the globe.
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With this thorough reflection is combined diffusion as thorough, the interior of the globe being shaped as ribs.
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Additional information concerning this globe it has not been possible to obtain.
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In the history of our globe the Carboniferous period succeeds to the Devonian.
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Such, then, appear to have been the opinions entertained before the Christian era, concerning the past revolutions of our globe.
Principles of Geology|Charles Lyell

British Dictionary definitions for globe

globe

/ (ɡləʊb) /

noun

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

verb

to form or cause to form into a globe

Derived Formsglobelike, adjective

Word Origin for globe

C16: from Old French, from Latin globus

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Word Origin and History for globe

globe

mid-15c., "sphere," from Middle French globe (14c.) and directly from Latin globus "round mass, sphere, ball," also, of men, "a throng, crowd, body, mass," related to gleba "clod, soil, land" (see glebe). Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1550s.

globe

noun

verb (used with object), globed, glob·ing.

verb (used without object), globed, glob·ing.

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