global village
The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected…The world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.
» We live in a global village.
Wir leben in einem globalen Dorf. — al_ex_an_der
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Examples
3 sentencesWe live in a global village.
deWir leben in einem globalen Dorf. — al_ex_an_der
"We're living in a global economy, whether you like it or not, and it's becoming a global village," he said.
CouchSurfing is like speaking Esperanto, it's a dream coming true: the global village.
deCouchSurfing ist wie Esperantosprechen, es ist ein Traum, der sich verwirklicht: das globale Dorf. — Manfredo
Meaning
1 sensesThe world as a single community of interdependent inhabitants who are interconnected by contemporary technology, especially television and the World Wide Web.
globales Dorf
Origin
Coined by Marshall McLuhan in 1962.Coined by Marshall McLuhan in 1962.
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Forms
plural: global villages| Singular | global village |
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See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.