Global Meaning
/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/Definition, CEFR level B1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjConcerning all parts of the world.
adjPertaining to the whole of something; total, universal
Sentence Examples
We must look at the problem from a global point of view.
Most important of all, the brain needs global reentry pathways connecting these anatomical structures.
This year the global economy will grow by about 4 per cent.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Climate change is a ____ problem that affects every country on Earth.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Climate change is a ____ issue that requires the cooperation of all countries around the entire world.
Word Origin & History
From globe + -al; compare French global.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily."
— 2003, Catherine Dupré, Importing the law in post-communist transitions, page 169:
"It is time the international community faced the reality: we have an unmanageable, unfair, distortionary global tax regime. It is a tax system that is pivotal in creating the increasing inequality that marks most advanced countries today […]."
— 2013 June 7, Joseph Stiglitz, “Globalisation is about taxes too”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 19:
"The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator."
— 2013 December 30, Matthew Katze, Don Crawford, Office 365: Migrating and Managing Your Business in the Cloud, →ISBN, page 366:
"Coca-Cola, for example, shifted its stance, unsuccessfully, between “think global, act global” and “think local, act local” during the tenures of three different CEOs in the late 1990s and early 2000s."
— 2016, Vinod K. Jain, Global Strategy: Competing in the Connected Economy, page 122:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
Climate change is a ____ problem that affects every country on Earth.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
Climate change is a ____ issue that requires the cooperation of all countries around the entire world.