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global village
n.
The world considered as a single community in which telecommunications link the inhabitants together.
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global village
n
(Government, Politics & Diplomacy) the whole world considered as being closely connected by modern telecommunications and as being interdependent economically, socially, and politically
[C20: coined by Marshall McLuhan]
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glob′al vil′lage
n.
the world, esp. considered as the home of all nations and peoples living interdependently.
[1968]
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Translations
globální vesnice
verdenssamfundet
világfalu
svetová dedina
evren köy
globe
(gləub) noun1. (usually with the) the Earth. I've travelled to all parts of the globe.
2. a ball with a map of the Earth on it.
3. an object shaped like a globe. The chemicals were crushed in a large metal globe.
ˈglobal adjective affecting the whole world. War is now a global problem.
global village noun the world thought of as a small place, because modern communication allow fast and efficient contact even to its remote parts.
ˈglobally adverbglobular (ˈglobjulə) adjective
shaped like a globe.
ˈglobe-trotter noun a person who goes sight-seeing all over the world.
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