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Definitions for Local

[1] pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
[2] pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places: a local custom.
[3] pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country: local transportation.
[4] stopping at most or all stations: a local train.
[5] pertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism: a local disease.
[6] Medicine/Medical . (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) affecting only a particular part or area of the body, without concomitant loss of consciousness, as distinguished from general anesthesia.
[7] a local train, bus, etc.
[8] a newspaper item of local interest.
[9] a local branch of a union, fraternity, etc.
[10] a local anesthetic.
[11] Often locals. a local person or resident: primarily of interest to locals. a local athletic team: the locals versus the state champions.
[12] stamp(def 22) .
[13] British Informal . a neighborhood pub.
[14] Informal . to travel by or take a local train or the like.
[15] low-cal.
[16] characteristic of or associated with a particular locality or area
[17] of, concerned with, or relating to a particular place or point in space
[18] med of, affecting, or confined to a limited area or part Compare general (def. 10), systemic (def. 2)
[19] (of a train, bus, etc) stopping at all stations or stops
[20] a train, bus, etc, that stops at all stations or stops
[21] an inhabitant of a specified locality
[22] British informal a pub close to one's home or place of work
[23] med short for local anaesthetic
[24] US and Canadian an item of local interest in a newspaper
[25] US and Canadian a local or regional branch of an association
[26] Canadian a telephone extension

Words related to Local

provincial, regional, resident, town, limited, neighborhood, district, parish, sectarian, territorial, vernacular, sectional, narrow, inhabitant, character, native, bounded, civic, confined, geographical

Words nearby Local

lobworm, loc., loc. cit., loc. primo cit., loca, local, local anaesthetic, local anaphylaxis, local anesthesia, local anesthetic, local area network

Origin of Local

First recorded in 1400–50; late Middle English word from Late Latin word locālis. See locus, -al1

Words that may be confused with Local

local, locale, locality, location

Other words from Local

lo·cal·ness , noun
in·ter·lo·cal , adjective
in·ter·lo·cal·ly , adverb
non·lo·cal , adjective, noun
non·lo·cal·ly , adverb
su·per·lo·cal , adjective
su·per·lo·cal·ly , adverb
un·lo·cal , adjective
un·lo·cal·ly , adverb

Word origin for Local

C15: via Old French from Late Latin locālis, from Latin locus place, locus

Synonyms for Local

provincial, regional, district, limited, narrow, neighborhood, parish, sectarian, sectional, territorial, town, vernacular, bounded, civic, confined, divisional, geographical, insular, legendary, parochial, small-town