local

lo·cal  (lkl)

adj.

1.

a. Of, relating to, or characteristic of a particular place: a local custom; the local slang.

b. Of or relating to a city, town, or district rather than a larger area: state and local government.

2. Not broad or general; not widespread: local outbreaks of flu.

3. Of or affecting a specific part of the body: a local infection.

4. Making all possible or scheduled stops on a route; not express: a local train.

n.

1. A public conveyance that makes several intermediate stops before the final destination is reached: changed trains to a local.

2. A local chapter or branch of an organization, especially of a labor union.

3. A local anesthetic.

4. Informal A person from a particular locality.

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[Middle English, from Old French, from Late Latin loclis, from Latin locus, place.]

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local·ly adv.

local·ness n.

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local

Adjective

1. of or concerning a particular area

2. restricted to a particular place

3. Med of, affecting, or confined to a limited area or part: a local anaesthetic

4. (of a train or bus) stopping at all stations or stops

Noun

1. an inhabitant of a specified locality: we swim, sunbathe, meet the locals, unwind

2. Brit informal a pub close to one's home [Latin locus place]

locally adv

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	local - 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" public transport - conveyance for passengers or mail or freight limited, express - public transport consisting of a fast train or bus that makes only a few scheduled stops; "he caught the express to New York"
	2.	local - anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body local anaesthetic, local anesthetic, topical anaesthetic, topical anesthetic anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent - a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations anesthyl - a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic antipruritic - a substance that relieves or prevents itching benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate - a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic butacaine, butacaine sulfate - a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic ethyl chloride - a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic Lidocaine, Xylocaine - a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes Ethocaine, procaine - a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine tetracaine - a crystalline compound used in the form of a hydrochloride as a local anesthetic
Adj.	1.	local - 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" national - concerned with or applicable to or belonging to an entire nation or country; "the national government"; "national elections"; "of national concern"; "the national highway system"; "national forests"
	2.	local - 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"
	3.	local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia" medical specialty, medicine - the branches of medical science that deal with nonsurgical techniques general - affecting the entire body; "a general anesthetic"; "general symptoms"

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local

adjective 1. community, district, regional, provincial, parish, neighbourhood, small-town chiefly U.S. parochial, parish pump

adjective 2. confined, limited, narrow, restricted

noun 3. resident, native, inhabitant, character (informal) local yokel (disparaging)

Translations

local [ˈləukl] adj → local

n (= pub) → bar m;

the locals npl → los vecinos, los del lugar

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local [ˈləukl] adj → local(e)

n (Brit) (= pub); pub m or café m du coin;

the locals npl → les gens mpl du pays or du coin

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local [ˈləukl] adj → örtlich; [council] → Stadt-, Gemeinde-; [paper] → Lokal-

n (pub) → Stammkneipe f;

the locals npl (= local inhabitants) → die Einheimischen pl

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local [ˈləukl] adj → locale

n (BRIT) (= pub); bar m inv all'angolo;

the locals npl → la gente della zona