Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: globe
IPA transcription: [ɡl'oʊb]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: Earth, earth, world, globe
    Meaning: the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on; "the Earth moves around the sun"; "he sailed around the world"
Usage examples
  • The globe is inevitable.
  • Had the cooling of the globe produced it?
  • This globe is reasonable; that cross is unreasonable.
  • Apparatus is arranged; possibly an expedition is made to some far part of the globe.
  • This elegant little odorous globe would not be out of place even upon the toilette of a queen.
  • "You set foot on one of the shores of this globe, professor, and you're surprised to find savages there?
  • Above all the globe is at unity with itself; the cross is primarily and above all things at enmity with itself.
  • Now the city is fast becoming one of the world's great cities and one of the most healthful cities on the globe.
  • This not being an edition of the Congressional Globe it is impossible to give Senator Dilworthy's speech in full.
  • If we continue to unshell the kernel, we find, below this mineral layer, a last silken tunic that forms a globe around the brood.