—globe /ɡləʊb/ aep /ɡloʊb/
noun (ROUND OBJECT)
F0 [C] any ball-shaped object
Thesaurus+: ↑Spherical, circular and annular objects , ↑Geometrical shapesF0 [C] AUSTRALIAN ENGLISH a LIGHT GLOBE(Cf. ↑light globe)
Thesaurus+: ↑Lighting and light fittings in the homenoun (WORLD)
the globe C2 [S]F0 the world:
» His greatest ambition is to sail round the globe.» She is a superstar all around the globe.Thesaurus+: ↑The Earth and outer space - general wordsF0 [C] a map of the world made in the shape of a ball and fixed to a support, that can be turned around at the same angle as the Earth turns in space:
» She spun the globe, and pointed to the Solomon Islands.Thesaurus+: ↑Spherical, circular and annular objects , ↑Geometrical shapes- ♯ Verb forms, tenses and types of verbs
- ♯ Very and extreme
- ♯ Very important or urgent
- ♯ Veterinary medicine
- ♯ Violent or aggressive
- ♯ Virtue and moral good
- ♯ Visible
- ♯ Visiting
- ♯ Vitamins and minerals
- ♯ Voice ranges
- ♯ Vomiting and feelings of sickness
- ♯ Voters and Candidates in elections
- ♯ Waiting
- ♯ Walking and walkers
- ♯ Walls and parts of walls
- ♯ Wanting
- ♯ Wanting everything to be right
- ♯ Wanting things
- ♯ War
- ♯ War and the military
- ♯ Warm
- ♯ Warm drinks
- ♯ Washing the dishes
- ♯ Wasting
- ♯ Watches and clocks