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Antonyms for global

Grammar : Adj
Spell : gloh-buh l
Phonetic Transcription : ˈgloʊ bəl

Definition of global

Origin :
  • 1670s, "spherical," from globe + -al (1). Meaning "worldwide, universal" is from 1892, from French. Global village first attested 1960, popularized, if not coined, by Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan (1911-1980).
  • 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]
  • adj worldwide, all-encompassing
Example sentences :
  • The world has entered the phase of global interdependencies.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • These, by the way, are coming more into use in our global economy.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • The interconnectivity of business and of markets creates the global economy.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • We can affect some of its parameters, but not its global behavior.
  • Extract from : « The Civilization of Illiteracy » by Mihai Nadin
  • In this article, we will describe a few of the global trends.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • The trends are global, the reaction is world-wide because the problem is global.
  • Extract from : « After the Rain » by Sam Vaknin
  • After Test Mike, the implications of fallout obviously were global.
  • Extract from : « Atoms, Nature, and Man » by Neal O. Hines
  • A call to Global Air Transport brought the desired information.
  • Extract from : « The Record of Currupira » by Robert Abernathy
  • Seapower is indispensable to our global position, in peace and also in war.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various
  • And we know that we can succeed in the global economic arena of the 90's.
  • Extract from : « Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to 2006 » by Various

Synonyms for global

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