globe

[ glohb ]

/ gloʊb /

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noun

Usually the globe . the planet Earth.

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.

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Origin of globe

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English, from Middle French globe, from Latin globus “round body, ball, sphere”

synonym study for globe

1. See earth.

OTHER WORDS FROM globe

globelike, adjective

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How to use globe in a sentence

The Golden Globes TV nominations reliably elicit a WTF reaction.
15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & More|Kevin Fallon|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Sorry: Kerry Washington, Tatiana Maslany, and, most confusingly, Golden Globes host Amy Poehler.
15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & More|Kevin Fallon|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
That the Globes did this year, rewarding both Rodriguez and the series in Best Comedy, is a pleasant surprise.
15 Enraging Golden Globe TV Snubs and Surprises: Amy Poehler, 'Mad Men' & More|Kevin Fallon|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST
Ricky Gervais, the sultan of scorn, uttered that cheeky bit while emceeing the Golden Globes ceremony a few years back.
The Golden Globes Sobers Up (Sort Of): Years of Ridicule and Bribery Rumors Scares HFPA Straight|Marlow Stern|December 11, 2014|DAILY BEAST

[Laughs] So for me it was just cool that we got nominated for the Globes.
Imagine Andy Samberg as Your Best Man|Kevin Fallon|September 29, 2014|DAILY BEAST
In the nine differently colored circular tracks, rolled little globes representing the planets.
Fee of the Frontier|Horace Brown Fyfe
She watched the two children a moment as they dropped handfuls of the bluish globes on the towel.
The Box-Car Children|Gertrude Chandler Warner
Electric lights in softly shaded globes threw a pleasant yellow radiance over everything.
A Butterfly on the Wheel|Cyril Arthur Edward Ranger Gull
The night was exceedingly dark, and vast globes of flame spouted forth on both sides, borne away by a violent wind.
My Ten Years' Imprisonment|Silvio Pellico
So home after business done at my office, to supper, and then to the globes with my wife, and so to bed.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete|Samuel Pepys

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 forms of globe

globelike, adjective

Word Origin for globe

C16: from Old French, from Latin globus

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