Definitions for local
ˈloʊ kəllo·cal

Princeton's WordNet(1.93 / 13 votes)Rate this definition:

1. localnoun

   public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops

   "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York"

2. local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, local, topical anesthetic, topical anaestheticadjective

   anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body

3. localadjective

   relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area

   "local taxes"; "local authorities"

4. localadjective

   of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood

   "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line"

5. localadjective

   affecting only a restricted part or area of the body

   "local anesthesia"

GCIDE(3.12 / 8 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Localnoun

   A train or bus which stops at all stations along a line, as contrasted with an express, which stops only at certain stations designated as express stops.

Wiktionary(2.33 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. localnoun

   A person who lives nearby.

   It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.

2. localnoun

   A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

   I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.

3. localnoun

   A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

   The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.

4. localnoun

   One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.

   I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.

5. localnoun

   A locally scoped identifier.

   Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.

6. localnoun

   An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.

7. localadjective

   From or in a nearby location.

   We prefer local produce.

8. localadjective

   Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

9. localadjective

   Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.

10. localadjective

    Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

    The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.

11. localadjective

    Descended from an indigenous population.

    Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Localadjective

   of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom

   Etymology: [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus.]

2. Localnoun

   a train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district

   Etymology: [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus.]

3. Localnoun

   on newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published

   Etymology: [L. localis, fr. locus place: cf. F. local. See Lieu, Locus.]

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1. Local

   Local is a twelve-part Oni Press comic book limited series written by Brian Wood and illustrated by Ryan Kelly. Each issue is intended to be a stand-alone short story, taking place in a different town across North America. A recurring character, Megan, provides a thread for readers who follow the series in sequence. Megan is the main character in some issues, while in others she is a spectator or background figure. Local resembles a previous series of Wood's, Demo, which also spanned twelve issues, each of which was a self-contained story. As Local went on, it became more of a coming of age story for the lead character. The first issue was released in November 2005, and the series concluded in June 2008.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Local

   lō′kal, adj. of or belonging to a place: confined to a spot or district.—ns. Locale (lō-käl′), a locality: the scene of some event; Localisā′tion.—v.t. Lō′calise, to assign to a place: to refer a sensation in perception to some part of the body.—ns. Lō′calism, the state of being local: affection for a place: provincialism; Local′ity, existence in a place: position: district.—adv. Lō′cally.—v.t. Locāte′, to place: to set in a particular position: to designate the place of.—n. Locā′tion, act of locating or placing: situation: (law) a leasing on rent.—adj. Lō′cātive (gram.), indicating place.—Local Government Acts, a series of enactments instituting local self-government of the various counties of Great Britain and of a large number of boroughs; Local Option, a phrase first used by Mr Gladstone in a letter in 1868 for the determination by vote of the people of a town or district as to whether licenses to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted or not. [Fr.,—Low L. localis—locus, a place.]

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. local

   Of or relating to a specific area or defined area on a map.

   The local government knew they were empowering the people and community to choose what they would like to see developed within their area.

   Submitted by MaryC on February 23, 2020  

Matched Categories

1. • Medicine
   • Public Transport

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'local' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #178

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'local' in Written Corpus Frequency: #321

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'local' in Nouns Frequency: #1497

4. Adjectives Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'local' in Adjectives Frequency: #10

How to pronounce local?

1. Alex

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

How to say local in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of local in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of local in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of local in a Sentence

1. Donald Trump:

   I do think that should be a local situation, though. I'll give you an example, Jeb Bush loves Common Core, i want to see local people teaching your kids.

2. National Committee:

   The RNC is committed to holding a safe convention that fully complies with local health regulations in place at the time. The event is still almost two months away, and we are planning to offer health precautions including but not limited to temperature checks, available( personal protective equipment), aggressive sanitizing protocols, and available COVID-19 testing.

3. Khamzat Khasbulatov:

   The development of local supply has played a big role in supporting our profitability. But it's important to localise not only food processing but also production.

4. Ali Noorani:

   Without immigration it becomes increasingly impossible to sustain entitlements, much less a functioning health care system, or a local tax base in rural and suburban cities and communities across the country.

5. Jay Lanham:

   The big challenge is always funding. There’s a lot of rhetoric, the problem is, we’re not seeing funding at the local level to combat this issue.

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