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   local

   /ˈləʊkl/

   adjective

   • 1. relating or restricted to a particular area or one's neighbourhood: "researching local history" Similar communitydistrictneighbourhoodregionalcitytownmunicipalprovincialvillageparishparish-pumpparochialdomesticinternalhomeOpposite nationalglobal
   • ▪ denoting a phone call made to a nearby place and charged at a relatively low rate.
   • ▪ denoting a train or bus serving a particular district, with frequent stops: "the village has an excellent local bus service"
   • 2. (in technical use) relating to a particular region or part, or to each of any number of these: "a local infection" Similar confinedrestrictedcontainedlimitedlocalizedcircumscribeddelimitedspecificparticularOpposite general
   • ▪ denoting a variable or other entity that is only available for use in one part of a program.
   • ▪ denoting a device that can be accessed without the use of a network.

   noun

   • 1. an inhabitant of a particular area or neighbourhood: "the street was full of locals and tourists" Similar local personnativeinhabitantresidentparishionercitizenhumorous:denizenburgherderogatory, informal:local yokelOpposite outsider
   • ▪ a pub convenient to a person's home: "a pint in the local" Similar pubpublic housebarinntavernhostelrysaloonwine barcocktail barinformal:boozerwatering holedrinker
   • ▪ a local train or bus service: "catch the local into New Delhi"
   • ▪ a local branch of an organization, especially a trade union.
   • ▪ a floor trader who trades on their own account, rather than on behalf of other investors.

   Word Origin late Middle English: from late Latin localis, from Latin locus ‘place’.

   Derivatives

   • 1. localness noun

   Scrabble Points: 7

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishLOCAL | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • Znaczenie Local, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     LOCAL definicja: 1. from, existing in, serving, or...

   • Local: Russian Translation

     LOCAL translate: местный , местный житель . Learn more in...

   • Local Turkish Translation

     LOCAL translate: yöresel, bölgesel, mahallî, yerli halktan,...

   • Local: Arabic Translation

     LOCAL translate: مَحَلّي, مَحلّي. Learn more in the...

   • Local: Norwegian Translation

     local - translate into Norwegian with the English-Norwegian...

   • Local Spanish Translation

     LOCAL translate: local, del barrio, local, vecino, vecina,...

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   pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country: local transportation. stopping at most or all stations: a local train. pertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism: a local disease.

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   The adjective local describes something related a specific place. The potholes on a certain street in Pringle, Pennsylvania, might merit a story in the local newspaper. Locate, location, locale — they all look and sound like local thanks to the Latin root locus, which means "place."

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   Local means pertaining to a particular place, not widespread, or affecting a specific part of the body. It can also refer to a type of public transport, a newspaper item, or a branch of an organization.