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global

adjective (ALL PARTS)
 
 
/ˈɡləʊ.bəl/ US  /ˈɡloʊ-/

Definition

considering or relating to all parts of a situation or subject: This report gives a global picture of the company's finances.Complete and wholeVery and extreme globally
 
 
/-i/ adverb
B2 The company has to be able to compete globally (= across the whole world). We need to look at this issue globally (= to look at all parts of it).The Earth and outer space - general wordsComplete and wholeVery and extreme
(Definition of global adjective (ALL PARTS) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

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