local
//ˈləʊ.kl̩//
Forms
- Comparative
- more local
- Superlative
- most local
- Plural
- locals
Definitions
1.From or in a nearby location.
2.Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
- The panel shows both local and remote sites.
3.Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
4.Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
- A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!
1.A person who lives in or near a given place.
- It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
- Taunton station is busy - even more so when the inbound working of my Bristol train arrives, laden with the usual mix of 'staycationers' and locals.
2.A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
- I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
3.One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
- As they take me to my local down the street.
- I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
4.Clipping of local train.
- The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.
Frequency
Overall
Very common· #480
By learning goal
- Everyday conversation
- Uncommon
- General reading & writing
- Very common
- Academic
- Common
- Literature
- Rare
Related words
Etymology
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”).