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Added 8 October 2026

globe

/ɡləʊb/ noun

In Latin: globus Wiktionary

noun Definition from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA). Pronunciation from Wiktionary, via Kaikki.org. More about globe at Wordnik → Where our words come from →

Any spherical (or nearly spherical) object. The eyeball.
the globe of a lamp
The eyeball.
A spherical model of Earth or of another planet.

proper noun

Alternative letter-case form of Globe (“the earth”)
They aspired to circumaviate the globe.

verb

To become spherical.
To make spherical.

Origin

From late Middle English globe, from Middle French globe, from Old French globe, borrowed from Latin globus. Doublet of globus.

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