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GLOBE

/ɡloʊb/

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What does GLOBE mean?

noun

  1. The eyeball.
  2. A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.
  3. A part of a device, often a lamp.
More meanings (12)

noun

  1. A circular military formation used in Ancient Rome, corresponding to the modern infantry square.
  2. (slang) A woman's breast or buttock, whichever is more prominent.
  3. A land snail of the genus Mesodon.
  4. (dated) A light bulb.
  5. (obsolete) A group.

verb

  1. To become spherical.
  2. To make spherical.

proper noun

  1. Alternative letter-case form of Globe (“the earth”)
  2. The Earth.
  3. The Globe Theatre, the famous theatre for which Shakespeare wrote and performed.
  4. A city, the county seat of Gila County, Arizona.
  5. An unincorporated community in Clark County, Wisconsin.

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IPA pronunciation

/ɡloʊb/

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Of the three kingdoms which share the terrestrial globe between them, one alone was represented on the lunar and that the mineral.
Jules VerneFrom the Earth to the moon; and, round the moonProject Gutenberg ebook #83
It was formerly in honor of the goddess Bhavania, who, under various names, was once worshipped in every country of the globe.
Eliza Burt GambleThe God-Idea of the Ancients; Or, Sex in ReligionProject Gutenberg ebook #639
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It has been gravely stated that these airships could accomplish the circuit of the globe and perform other feats of the imagination.
George WhaleBritish Airships, Past, Present, and FutureProject Gutenberg ebook #762
In order to obviate the use of the valve, he had placed inside the balloon a smaller globe, filled with ordinary air.
Fulgence MarionWonderful Balloon Ascents; Or, The Conquest of the Skies A History of Balloons and Balloon VoyagesProject Gutenberg ebook #899
The world was made in the form of a globe, and all the material elements were exhausted in the work of creation.
PlatoTimaeusTranslated by Benjamin JowettProject Gutenberg ebook #1572