globalisation

1. 1.

   growth to a global or worldwide scale

   “the globalization of the communication industry”

   Synonymsglobalization

   Broadereconomic process

Other forms of globalisation

plural

globalisations·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about globalisation

What does globalisation mean?

globalisation means "growth to a global or worldwide scale".

How many syllables are in globalisation?

globalisation has 6 syllables: glo-ba-li-sa-ti-on. The stress falls on "ti".

What is another word for globalisation?

Close synonyms include globalization. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is globalisation a common word?

globalisation is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.