Globe definition

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A body with the shape of a sphere, especially a representation of the earth in the form of a hollow ball.
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To assume the shape of or form into a sphere.
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Any round, ball-shaped thing; sphere.
  • The earth.
  • A spherical model of the earth showing the continents, seas, etc.
  • A similar model of the heavens, showing the constellations, etc.
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The earth.
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A spherical or bowllike container, especially a glass cover for a light bulb.
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A planet.
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Any spherical (nearly spherical) object.

The globe of the eye; the globe of a lamp.

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A sphere emblematic of sovereignty; an orb.
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The definition of a globe is something round in the shape of a ball, especially the earth.

An example of a globe is a glass ball with a winter scene depicted inside.

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The planet Earth.

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A spherical model of Earth or any planet.
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(dated or South Africa) A light bulb.
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A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
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To become spherical.
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A city in Arizona.
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An unincorporated community in Wisconsin.
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Anything shaped somewhat like a globe.
  • A round glass container, as for goldfish.
  • A rounded glass cover for a lamp.
  • A small, golden ball used as a symbol of authority.
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To form or gather into a globe.
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the Globe
  • former London theater on the S bank of the Thames: site of the original performances of many of Shakespeare's plays
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Other Word Forms

Noun

Singular:
globe
Plural:
globes

Idioms and Phrasal Verbs

the Globe

Origin of globe

  • Middle English from Old French from Latin globus

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • From Old French globe, from Latin globus.

    From Wiktionary

Globe Sentence Examples

  • He's been globe trotting for the last three weeks.

  • The size of a globe is usually given in terms of its diameter.

  • Sir John Murray deduced the mean height of the land of the globe as about 2250 ft.

  • The zoology of Australia and Tasmania presents a very conspicuous point of difference from that of other regions of the globe, in the prevalence of non-placental mammalia.

  • In 1653 he had made the astonishing proposal to the Dutch that England and Holland should divide the habitable globe outside Europe between them, that all states maintaining the Inquisition should be treated as enemies by both the proposed allies, and that the latter "should send missionaries to all peoples willing to receive them, to inculcate the truth of Jesus Christ and the Holy Gospel."

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