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globe
[ glohb ]
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)
- to form into a globe.
verb (used without object)
- to take the form of a globe.
globe
/ ɡləʊb /
noun
- a sphere on which a map of the world or the heavens is drawn or represented
- the globethe world; the earth
- a planet or some other astronomical body
- an object shaped like a sphere, such as a glass lampshade or fish-bowl
- an electric light bulb
- an orb, usually of gold, symbolic of authority or sovereignty
verb
- to form or cause to form into a globe
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Derived Forms
- ˈglobeˌlike, adjective
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Other Words From
- globe·like adjective
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Word History and Origins
Origin of globe1
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Origin of globe1
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Example Sentences
And the series was implausibly shut out by both the Golden Globe and SAG Awards.
The wives have been traveling for years across the globe to bring attention to the case.
Cricket is a sport enjoyed by hundreds of millions around the globe, mainly in former British colonies.
Pan Am was once an imperial power in its own right, girdling the globe.
Congratulations on your Golden Globe nomination for Best Director.
This immense and magnificent globe diffuses heat and light to all the other planets.
This was the first small beginning of that great tourist business which now encircles the habitable globe.
I was but very recently married, I said, and how could I leave my wife to go to the other side of the globe alone?
There seems to have been then only one climate over the whole globe, caused, no doubt, by the internal heat of the earth.
It was not till the summer of 1698 that all was ready for the expedition which was to change the face of the globe.
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