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noun
1.
the planet Earth (usually preceded by the).
2.
a planet or other celestial body.
3.
a sphere on which is depicted a map of the earth (terrestrial globe) or of the heavens (celestial globe).
4.
a spherical body; sphere.
5.
EXPANDanything more or less spherical, as a lampshade or a glass fishbowl.
6.
COLLAPSEa golden ball traditionally borne as an emblem of sovereignty; orb.
verb (used with object)
7.
to form into a globe.
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Globed
is always a great word to know.
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| a children's mummer's parade, as on the Fourth of July, with prizes for the best costumes. |
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verb (used without object)
8.
to take the form of a globe.
Origin:
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French globe < Latin globus round body, ball, sphere
1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French globe < Latin globus round body, ball, sphere
Related forms
globe·like, adjective
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Word Origin & History
globe
1550s, "sphere," from L. globus "round mass, sphere," related to gleba "clod, soil, land." Sense of "planet earth," or a three-dimensional map of it first attested 1550s. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-80).
EXPAND"Postliterate man's electronic media contract the world to a village or tribe where everything happens to everyone at the same time: everyone knows about, and therefore participates in, everything that is happening the minute it happens. Television gives this quality of simultaneity to events in the global village." [Carpenter & McLuhan, "Explorations in Communication," 1960]
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2010 Douglas Harper
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