ˈɡləʊbəl ˈɡloʊbəl ˈɡlɑb.jə.lɚ ɔːˈbɪk.jə.lə ɔɹˈbɪk.ju.lɚ ˈplæ.nə.ˌtɛr.i sfɛɹɪkəl ˈwɜːldwaɪd ˈwɝldˌwaɪd involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope global war global monetary policy neither national nor continental but planetary a world crisis of worldwide significance having the shape of a sphere or ball a spherical object nearly orbicular in shape little globular houses like mud-wasp nests