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global

/ˈɡloʊ.bəl/ adjective B1
  1. Concerning all parts of the world. · Pollution is a global problem.· World War I, World War II, the Cold War, and the War on Terror are global conflicts.
  2. Pertaining to the whole of something; total, universal
  3. Of a variable, accessible by all parts of a program. · Global variables keep support engineers employed.
  4. Which has to be considered in its entirety.
  5. Spherical, ball-shaped. · In the center was a small, global mass.
  6. Of or relating to a globe or sphere.
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It also connects the Indian workforce to the rest of the global economy.
English in India, p. 1 · B1
Over the last twenty years, the global clothing industry has completely transformed itself.
The True Cost of a Cheap T-Shirt, p. 1 · B2
By examining these microscopic pockets, we can construct highly accurate models of global climate patterns over hundreds of millennia.
Letter from the Ice, p. 1 · C1
By incorporating the musicality and unconventional syntax of Hiberno-English, they forged a distinctive literary identity on the global stage.
The English of Ireland, p. 1 · C1

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