local

A2
Pronunciation
/ˈləʊkl̩/
/ˈloʊkl̩/
Noun
7 definition(s)
1 Definition

A person who lives near a given place.

Example Sentences
  • It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
2 Definition

A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.

Example Sentences
  • I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
3 Definition

A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.

Example Sentences
  • The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.
4 Definition

One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.

Example Sentences
  • I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
5 Definition

A locally scoped identifier.

Example Sentences
  • Functional programming languages usually don't allow changing the immediate value of locals once they've been initialized, unless they're explicitly marked as being mutable.
6 Definition

An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.

7 Definition

An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.

Adjective
5 definition(s)
1 Definition

From or in a nearby location.

Example Sentences
  • We prefer local produce.
2 Definition

(of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.

3 Definition

(of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.

4 Definition

Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.

Example Sentences
  • The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.
5 Definition

Descended from an indigenous population.

Example Sentences
  • Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.
Adverb
1 definition(s)
1 Definition

In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.

Example Sentences
  • It's never been more important to buy local.