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Main Entry:	global [gloh-buhl] Show IPA/ˈgloʊbəl/ Show Spelled
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	worldwide, all-encompassing
Synonyms:	all-around, all-inclusive, all-out, blanket, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, earthly, ecumenical, encyclopedic, exhaustive, general, grand, international, mundane, overall, pandemic, planetary, spherical, sweeping, thorough, total, unbounded, universal, unlimited, world
Antonyms:	individual, limited, local

Main Entry:	catholic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	all-embracing, general
Synonyms:	all-inclusive, broad-minded, charitable, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, diffuse, eclectic, ecumenical, extensive, generic, global, inclusive, indeterminate, large-scale, liberal, open-minded, planetary, receptive, tolerant, unbigoted, universal, unprejudiced, unsectarian, whole, wide, world-wide
Notes:	Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope Catholic means of or relating to or supporting the Roman Catholic Church while catholic means of broad or liberal scope
Antonyms:	narrow, narrow-minded, specific

Main Entry:	comprehensive
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	inclusive
Synonyms:	absolute, across the board, all-embracing, all-inclusive, blanket, broad, catholic, compendious, complete, comprising, containing, discursive, encircling, encyclopedic, exhaustive, expansive, extensive, far-reaching, full, general, global, in depth, infinite, lock stock and barrel, of great scope, overall, sweeping, synoptic, the big picture, the whole shebang, the works, thorough, umbrella, wall-to-wall, whole, wide, widespread
Antonyms:	exclusive, incomprehensive, particular, selective, specific

Example Sentences

When it comes to deal-making, a global perspective matters.

Over time, it has developed global partnerships and international support.

No other social networks offer the same global reach-or commercial opportunity.

When it comes to deal-making, a global perspective matters.

Over time, it has developed global partnerships and international support.

No other social networks offer the same global reach-or commercial opportunity.

The pollutants that contribute to global warming are commonly known as greenhouse gas emissions.

Questions come up all the time about global warming, climate change and the role of human activities.

The only victims would be ski slopes and polar bearsBut climate change-the preferred term for our global phenomenon-is messier.

One of the reasons many opt for wood-burning features is concern about global climate change.

Netflix simply doesn't have the global numbers to lose or further displease its domestic customers in great numbers.

The latest numbers suggest that the situation with the global food supply continues to be deeply worrisome.

Administrative headaches can too often rein in colleges' global ambitions.

Global warming scientists are at times corrupt, naive, or both.

Cars are a major source of atmospheric carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas that causes global warming.

Global warming is the wrong name for what's happening.

Global warming threatens to swamp a small island nation.

Feast on contemporary global fare made from regionally grown ingredients.

But today, one ecological problem outweighs all others: global warming.

They have the single largest bilateral trade relationship, together accounting for nearly a third of global trade flows.

Global warming, or climate change, is a subject that shows no sign of cooling down.

Global warming is real, and the consequences are potentially disastrous.

Lastly, the global warming problem is already in play.

Scientists have come up with the first comprehensive map of global shipping routes based on actual itineraries.

Malaysia is the center of the global palm oil industry.

As global temperatures rise, global warming is an increasing concern.

The lack of good information on global soils is hampering efforts to improve agriculture and combat climate change.

Of course a lot will blame global warming, but come on.

Weaning humanity from its fossil fuel habit will take decades, and it will take decades more for global warming to stop.

IN the debate over global climate change, there is a yawning gap that needs to be bridged.

It's a safe bet that global warming is causing more heat waves, climate experts say.

Global warming will disrupt the release of chemicals that plants use to communicate.

The global community has only begun to focus on what kind of crop investments you need to reach the poorest of the poor.

Methane reserves deep in the ocean and in arctic permafrost might trigger runaway global warming.

China, of course, is already a force in global markets.

One in five lizard species are headed for extinction due to global warming, a new study says.

Global warming has extended the destructive reach of humankind.

Our ancestors were wiped out in a global catastrophe.

Global warming could mean worse alergies and asthma.

It looks as though global warming will cut short a study of… global warming.

The global whale shark population may number in the hundreds of thousands.

Greenhouse gases have taken much of the blame for rising global surface temperatures over the past century.

It is a central switching station for global entertainment.

The surprising recent finding that living plants produce methane does not throw doubt on the cause of global warming.

We should actually think of the oceans as the ocean, since they are one interconnected global system.

China's spectacular real estate boom may be a bubble that threatens the global economy.

It offers a critique of the flurry of global activities that business schools have initiated in recent years.

Power circulates:Today's global elite are educated, innovative, and many are immigrants.

She shares her tips on how to incorporate global treasures and travel souvenirs.

Pick almost any headline in the news, and between the lines, there is a chapter in the story of global migration.

It can be lonely at the top, especially when it comes to global university rankings.

The wireless world is a frustrating place for global travellers.

The evidence that humans are causing global warming is strong, but the question of what to do.

Drastic emissions cuts won't stop the global warming from gases already in the atmosphere.

In an era of global communications, regional dialects are hanging in there, y'all.

Now another argument against human-created global warming has been.

China has begun to reshape the way the global economy functions.

Outdated forest first prevention methods and global warming are teaming to produce so-called mega-fires.

The only debate for marine scientists is whether the harm is being done on a local or global scale.

How clean, green atomic energy can stop global warming.

New books on global warming steer away from partisanship and urge a move to the pragmatic center on climate and energy.

Feedbacks in the economic network can turn local crises into global ones.

It will take a global coalition of consensus to bring about clear decisive structured plans for the mitigation of global warming.

There's a tendency among energetic advocates on every side of the debate over human-caused global warming to.

All of the snow and chilly temps this winter almost convinced us that global warming isn't happening, after all.

The co-chair of the world's largest philanthropy talks about what can be done to improve global health and poverty.

Jerusalem: a cauldron of nationalistic and religious acrimony, a persistent flashpoint for global crisis.

Innovations in the country's pearl industry are leading to shifts in the global market for cultured pearls.

If human actions contribute to global warming, then people can take steps to help.

Carbon has been clobbered in the headlines lately for its link to global warming and pollution.

Progress on a global climate treaty may be difficult at a time when temperatures have been stable for a decade.

Retreating glaciers, rising seas, and shrinking lakes are some of the global changes already under way.

His trade voyages united three continents and established the first global trading network.

Russia's drought and ban on exporting wheat have pushed prices higher, but a strong global supply should soften the blow.

Bottom-up methods fight global warming better, three experts.

The volcano's gas cloud lowers global temperatures by a degree for three years.

We simply cannot curb global warming without doubling power generation efficiency.

Two writers with different media roles, but finding synchrony on some aspects of global warming.

Growers say global warming is already cutting into coffee harvests, the country's biggest export.

But global warming had also registered as front-page news for the first time that sweltering summer of.

Most economists today don't ask who rules the global economy.

Moving flight times from night to day could reduce air travel's contributions to global warming, a new study suggests.

The combination of global positioning systems and cellphones may make that question moot.

Rapid thawing brought on by global warming on the world's largest island has opened up new.

In today's global economy, companies value multilingual individuals.

Itâ s hard to get oneâ s head around how human activities add up on a global scale.

Learn how to help prevent global warming and to survive on an overheated planet.

Hollywood is also the place for filmmakers who want to make movies for a global market.

The enormity of global warming can be daunting and dispiriting.

Paris--The signs of global climate change are clear: melting glaciers, earlier blooms and rising temperatures.

Main Entry:	cosmic
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	limitless; universal
Synonyms:	catholic, cosmogonal, cosmogonic, cosmopolitan, ecumenical, empyrean, global, grandiose, huge, immense, infinite, measureless, planetary, vast, worldwide
Antonyms:	bounded, limited

Main Entry:	cosmopolitan
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	worldly-wise
Synonyms:	catholic, cultivated, cultured, ecumenical, global, gregarious, metropolitan, planetary, polished, public, smooth, sophisticated, universal, urbane, well-travelled, worldly, worldwide
Antonyms:	country, rural, rustic

Main Entry:	earthly
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	physically concerning land or its inhabitants
Synonyms:	alluvial, carnal, corporeal, geotic, global, human, in all creation, material, mortal, mundane, nonspiritual, physical, profane, secular, subastral, sublunary, tellurian, telluric, temporal, terraqueous, terrene, terrestrial, uncelestial, under the sun, unspiritual, worldly
Antonyms:	heavenly, immaterial, spiritual, unearthly

Main Entry:	ecumenical
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	general
Synonyms:	all-comprehensive, all-inclusive, all-pervading, catholic, comprehensive, cosmic, cosmopolitan, global, inclusive, planetary, unifying, universal, worldwide

Main Entry:	far-flung
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	widespread
Synonyms:	comprehensive, distant, extensive, far-extending, far-going, far-reaching, far-spread, far-stretched, global, long, remote, spacious, wide-extending, wide-ranging, wide-reaching, wide-stretching, widely distributed, widespread, without end

Main Entry:	general
Part of Speech:	adjective
Definition:	comprehensive
Synonyms:	across-the-board, all-around, all-embracing, all-inclusive, ample, blanket, broad, catholic, collective, comprehending, diffuse, ecumenical, encyclopedic, endless, extensive, far-reaching, generic, global, inclusive, indiscriminate, infinite, limitless, miscellaneous, overall, panoramic, sweeping, taken as a whole, total, ubiquitous, unconfined, universal, unlimited, wide, worldwide
Antonyms:	circumscribed, limited

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