local meaning
- 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" - 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" - Affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
"local anaesthesia"
- 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" - Anaesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
- local anesthetic [N. Amer], local anaesthetic [Brit, Cdn], topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic - [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 , 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 a — lo·cal·ly adv
Examples
More: Next- they have complained to local authorities.
- he appears nightly at the local theatre.
- she plays an active part in local politics.
- he is a paint sprayer in the local factory.
- these factories are run by the local authorities.