1
a
: of, relating to, or involving the entire world : worldwide
a global system of communication
global economic problems
global warfare
see also global village, global warming
b
: of or relating to a spherical celestial body (such as the moon)
For the Moon, the early formation of global crust was accompanied and succeeded for several hundred million years by a massive influx of projectiles …—
James W. Head
James W. Head2
: of, relating to, or applying to a whole (such as a mathematical function or a computer program) : universal
a global search of a file
Global search and replace can be harnessed to make this correction throughout the file almost instantaneously.—Shay Addams
Shay Addams3
of a medical condition
: being particularly severe or encompassing in nature : having or exhibiting a broad or nearly complete effect
… West suffered a stroke that left him with global aphasia: an inability to produce words or to understand words spoken to him.—Alison McCulloch
Alison McCullochThe two other cases presented with milder characteristics, displaying global developmental delay and seizures.—The Albany (Georgia) Herald
The Albany (Georgia) Herald4
: having the shape of a globe : spherical
a global mass
Synonyms
Examples of global in a Sentence
English is becoming a global language.
The program allows users to do global searches through all the available data.
Recent Examples on the Web
Deadline first told you about the first deal out of Sundance: Neon’s $15 million global pickup of Michael Shanks’ horror movie Together starring Dave Franco, Alison Brie and Damon Herriman.
—Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
That means using the output of one AI bot to train another AI bot, rather than training the second bot on the full global database used by the first.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The incoming United Kingdom ambassador to the United States is taking back past comments denigrating President Donald Trump as a threat to global safety.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Jan. 2025
There are global models that cover the entire Earth and local models that cover smaller areas but with better resolution that provides greater detail.
—John W. Daily, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for global 
Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to
show current usage.
Read More
Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors.
Send us feedback.
Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 30 Jan. 2025
That means using the output of one AI bot to train another AI bot, rather than training the second bot on the full global database used by the first.
—Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2025
The incoming United Kingdom ambassador to the United States is taking back past comments denigrating President Donald Trump as a threat to global safety.
—Timothy Nerozzi, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 30 Jan. 2025
There are global models that cover the entire Earth and local models that cover smaller areas but with better resolution that provides greater detail.
—John W. Daily, The Conversation, 30 Jan. 2025
See all Example Sentences for global
Dictionary Entries Near global
Cite this Entry
“Global.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/global. Accessed 11 Feb. 2025.
Copy CitationKids Definition
Medical Definition
global
adjective
glob·al
ˈglō-bəl 
1
: having the shape of a globe
2
a
: of, relating to, or involving the entire world
global health conditions
b
: of, relating to, or involving the globe of the eye
global anesthesia in cataract surgery
3
of a medical condition
: being particularly severe or encompassing in nature : having or exhibiting a broad or nearly complete effect
… West suffered a stroke that left him with global aphasia: an inability to produce words or to understand words spoken to him.—Alison McCulloch
Alison McCulloch4
a
: being comprehensive, all-inclusive, or complete
global obstetric care
transient global amnesia
Akinesia was global, although rigidity and dystonia were strikingly unilateral in distribution.—Oliver Sacks
Oliver Sacks
b
: of, relating to, or constituting an organic whole : organismic
… the newer psychiatry seeks to understand in a global way the dynamic structure of the patient's personality …—Psychological Abstracts
Psychological AbstractsLove words? Need even more definitions?
Merriam-Webster unabridged
Share