global

adj

1. Concerning all parts of the world.

   “Some rights are more global than others; social rights in particular do not seem to globalise easily.”

   “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 […].”

   “Pollution is a global problem.”

   “World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the War on Terror are global conflicts.”

2. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal

   “The first account that is created when you sign up is the global Administrator.”

3. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:

   “Global variables keep support engineers employed.”

4. (not-comparable)Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal:
5. Spherical, ball-shaped.

   “In the center was a small, global mass.”

6. (not-comparable)Of or relating to a globe or sphere.

noun

1. A globally scoped identifier.

adv

1. In the global manner; world-wide.

   “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.”