Entry Word: global

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 belonging or relating to the whole <do a global search and replace the misspelling throughout the whole document> — see general 1
2 covering everything or all important points <published a global report on the plight of Third World economies> — see encyclopedic
3 having every part of the surface the same distance from the center <thought of the space station as a global structure, more like a planet than a spaceship> — see round 1