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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A sphere on which a map (especially of the earth) is represented
Classified under:
Nouns denoting man-made objects
Hypernyms ("globe" is a kind of...):
model; simulation (representation of something (sometimes on a smaller scale))
sphere (any spherically shaped artifact)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "globe"):
celestial globe (a globe that is a spherical model of the heavens)
Derivation:
globular (having the shape of a sphere or ball)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on
Example:
he sailed around the world
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting natural objects (not man-made)
Instance hypernyms:
terrestrial planet (a planet having a compact rocky surface like the Earth's; the four innermost planets in the solar system)
Holonyms ("globe" is a member of...):
solar system (the sun with the celestial bodies that revolve around it in its gravitational field)
Derivation:
global (involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope)
Sense 3
Meaning:
An object with a spherical shape
Example:
a ball of fire
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting two and three dimensional shapes
Hypernyms ("globe" is a kind of...):
sphere (a solid figure bounded by a spherical surface (including the space it encloses))
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "globe"):
crystal ball (a glass or crystal globe used in crystal gazing by fortunetellers)
camphor ball; mothball (a small sphere of camphor or naphthalene used to keep moths away from stored clothing)
time-ball (a ball that slides down a staff to show a fixed time; especially at an observatory)
fireball (the luminous center of a nuclear explosion)
fireball (a ball of fire (such as the sun or a ball-shaped discharge of lightning))
globule (a small globe or ball)
spherule; pellet (a small sphere)
bolus (a small round soft mass (as of chewed food))
Derivation:
conglobate (assume a globular shape)
global; globular (having the shape of a sphere or ball)
Context examples:
Had it built itself out of the cooling, inorganic elements of the globe?
(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)
"Well!" I exclaimed, using an expression of the district, "that caps the globe, however!"
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
The disease afflicts some 240 million people across the globe.
(Scientists sequence genome of snail linked to schistosomiasis, Agência Brasil)
After three consecutive years of record-high temperatures for the globe, Earth was a slightly cooler planet in 2017. But not by much.
(2017 was 3rd warmest year on record for the globe, NOAA)
A congenital abnormality characterized by the presence of an abnormally small eye globe.
(Microphthalmos, NCI Thesaurus)
A map released by NASA's Near Earth Object (NEO) Program reveals that small asteroids frequently enter and disintegrate in the Earth's atmosphere with random distribution around the globe.
(New Map Shows Frequency of Small Asteroid Impacts, Provides Clues on Larger Asteroid Population, NASA)
This network is a collection of large antennas at three locations around the globe that communicate with interplanetary spacecraft.
(What's Inside Ceres? New Findings from Gravity Data, NASA)
They also add that some of the carbon could come from long-range transport of carbon produced by burning of fossil fuels in other areas of the globe.
(Antarctic lakes are a repository for ancient soot, NSF)
It is this change, noted in the past 40 years (1981—2018), that has altered weather patterns across the globe, adds Koll.
(Global disasters linked to warming Indo-Pacific seas, SciDev.Net)
Some of the major diseases currently affecting countries around the globe include HIV/AIDS, malaria, pandemic/avian flu, and tuberculosis.
(International Health, NIH)
