globally

The word “globally” means throughout the whole world. In plain terms, everywhere in the world, or considering something as a whole.

“Globally” is pronounced GLOH-buh-lee (/ˈɡloʊbəli/ in IPA).

Here is “globally” used in a sentence: “The virus spread globally within a few months.”

“Globally” is an adverb.

“Globally” is a fairly common word in modern English, usually learned at around the B2 level.

Globally and worldwide both mean throughout the whole world, and in most sentences they are interchangeable, as in "sales rose globally" or "sales rose worldwide." Globally tends to appear more in formal, business, or technical writing, while worldwide is common in everyday and journalistic contexts.

Globally emphasizes the whole world as a single unit, while internationally emphasizes relations or activity between separate nations. A company operating globally treats the world as one market, whereas a company operating internationally is engaging with multiple distinct countries individually.

In computing, "globally" often describes something that applies across an entire system rather than a single part, such as a "globally defined variable" that is accessible from anywhere in a program. This technical sense still relies on the core meaning of applying throughout the whole scope, just as the general sense applies throughout the whole world.