local meaning

[ 'ləukəl ] Pronunciation:   "local" in a sentence
Adjective: local  lowkul
  1. 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" 
  2. Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighbourhood
    "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line" 
  3. Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
    "local anaesthesia"
Noun: local  lowkul
  1. 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. Anaesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
    - local anesthetic [N. Amer], local anaesthetic [Brit, Cdn], topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic 
  3. [UK] A local pub

Derived forms: locals

See also: localised [Brit], locality, localized, locally, topical

Type of: anaesthetic [Brit, Cdn], anaesthetic agent [Brit, Cdn], anesthetic [N. Amer], anesthetic agent [N. Amer], public transport

Antonym: express, general, national

Encyclopedia: Local


[Business]
AmE / adjective, noun

adjective [usually before noun]

belonging to or connected with the particular place or area that you are talking about or with the place where you live:

Foreign oil companies began to compete in the local market.

Decisions are made at local rather than national level.

Some cable companies offer free local calls

(= phone calls to a place that is near).

We reach Delhi at 8.30 a.m. local time.

Cheap imports pose a threat to the livelihoods of local farmers.

DOMESTIC

locally /; AmE /:

to advertise/work/shop locally

locally grown fruit

noun [C]

1 (AmE)

a local branch of an organization, especially a trade union

2 (AmE)

a bus or train that stops at all the places on the route

3 (Stock Exchange , informal)

a trader at a stock exchange who buys and sells shares, etc. for themselves rather than for other investors


[Economics]
A person who has a seat on a financial market and who deals for his or her own account.

[Finance]
A futures exchange member who trades securities for his or her own account.

[Medicine]
n : LOCAL ANESTHETIC; also : LOCAL ANESTHESIA
adj : involving or affecting only a restricted part of the organism : TOPICAL —compare SYSTEMIC alo·cal·ly adv

Examples

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  1. they have complained to local authorities.
  2. he appears nightly at the local theatre.
  3. she plays an active part in local politics.
  4. he is a paint sprayer in the local factory.
  5. these factories are run by the local authorities.

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