global
part of speech
adjective (global; adverb globally)
meaning for a pupil
1) Global means about the whole world: a global problem, global warming. tree →
2) Global can mean about the whole of something, not just one part: a global view of the project. tree →
sense in the lessons
In geography and science lessons, «global warming», «global climate change» and «global trade» show that problems and businesses link countries together. «Global citizen» means someone who cares about the whole world. In computing, a «global variable» can be used everywhere in a program. Phrases: «global warming», «global problem», «go global», «global citizen», «global pandemic».
examples
- Global warming is making the Earth hotter. tree →
- Plastic in the sea is a global problem. tree →
- The football World Cup is a global event. tree →
- The company went global and opened shops in many countries. tree →
- Our school joined a global project with children in Kenya. tree →
- The internet is a global network. tree →
note
Related words: «globe» (a ball-shaped map of the Earth), «globally», «globalisation» (UK) or «globalization» (US). Opposite: local. Not countable.
In the corpora
- Today almost all mountain glaciers are shrinking fast because of human-caused global warming.
- Rising seas caused by global warming make coastal erosion and flooding worse.
- Burning fossil fuels gives off carbon dioxide, the main cause of today's global warming, and smoke that harms people's lungs.
- Burning fossil fuels releases carbon dioxide, the main cause of today's global warming.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «global» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.