global English · revision 3122

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+ ==Pronunciation==

+ * IPA: UK /ˈɡləʊ.bəl/, US /ˈɡloʊ.bəl/^(Roach et al. 2011)

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+ ==Etymology==

+ It is formed [[af|en|globe|-al]].^(Etymonline)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Earliest recorded meaning==

+ “Spherical”: 1640 in Merriam-Webster,^(MWU 2024) 1676 in the OED,^(OED 1989) or the 1670s;^(Etymonline) the sense is rare.^(OED 1989)^(SOED 2002)

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+ ==Semantic evolution==

+ The meaning “embracing the totality of a group of items”, and “worldwide, pertaining to the whole globe”, is from 1892, after a sense development in French global.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Global village'' is first attested in 1960, popularized if not coined by the Canadian educator Marshall McLuhan.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989) ''Globalism'' and ''globalization'' are from 1959,^(OED 1989) the computing sense, “affecting a whole program or file”, from 1964,^(OED 1989) and ''global warming'' from 1977.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Timeline==

+ * 1640 – spherical.^(MWU 2024)

+ * 1892 – worldwide; total.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1959 – ''globalism'', ''globalization''.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1960 – ''global village''.^(Etymonline)^(OED 1989)

+ * 1964 – in computing, affecting a whole file.^(OED 1989)

+ * 1977 – ''global warming''.^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Modern meaning==

+ ===Adjective===

+ # Of or involving the whole [[world]]; worldwide.^(AHD)^(MW Collegiate)

+ # Including everything; comprehensive or total.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(computing)'' Applying to a whole program, document or file.^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

+ # ''(rare)'' Shaped like a [[globe]]; [[spherical]].^(AHD)^(OED 1989)

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+ ==Word family==

+ * [[globally]]

+ * [[globalisation]]

+ * [[globalism]]

+ * [[globalization]]

+ * [[globalize]]

+ * [[Global Positioning System]]

+ * [[global village]]

+ * [[global warming]]

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+ ==Related words==

+ * [[globe]]

+ * [[globular]]

+ * [[globule]]

+ * [[conglomerate]]

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+ ==References==

+ {{reflist}}