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Traditional English :: local
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local - adj. & n. --adj. 1 belonging to or existing in a particular place or places.
2 peculiar to or only encountered in a particular place or places.
3 of or belonging to the neighbourhood (the local doctor).
4 of or affecting a part and not the whole, esp. of the body (local pain; a local anaesthetic).
5 in regard to place. --n. a local person or thing, esp.: 1 an inhabitant of a particular place regarded with reference to that place.
2 a local train, bus, etc.
3 (often prec. by the) Brit. colloq. a local public house.
4 a local anaesthetic.
5 US a local branch of a trade union. local authority Brit. an administrative body in local government. local Derby see DERBY . local government a system of administration of a county, district, parish, etc., by the elected representatives of those who live there. local option (or veto) esp. US a system whereby the inhabitants of a district may prohibit the sale of alcoholic liquor there. local preacher a Methodist lay person authorized to conduct services in a particular circuit. local time 1 time measured from the sun's transit over the meridian of a place.
2 the time as reckoned in a particular place, esp. with reference to an event recorded there. local train a train stopping at all the stations on its route. locally adv. localness n. [ME f. OF f. LL localis f. L locus place] |
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Most Often Usage
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