Definition of local Local
/lowˈkʌl/ - [lowkul] - lo•cal
We found 22 definitions of local from 6 different sources.
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NounPlural: locals |
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| local - 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" | ||
| public transport conveyance for passengers or mail or freight | ||
| local - anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body | ||
| local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic | ||
| anaesthetic, anaesthetic agent, anesthetic, anesthetic agent a drug that causes temporary loss of bodily sensations | ||
| anesthyl a mixture of methyl and ethyl chloride; sprayed on as a local anesthetic | ||
| antipruritic a substance that relieves or prevents itching | ||
| benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate a white crystalline ester used as a local anesthetic | ||
| butacaine, butacaine sulfate a white crystalline ester that is applied to mucous membranes as a local anesthetic | ||
| ethyl chloride a colorless flammable gas used as a local surface anesthetic | ||
| lidocaine, xylocaine a local anesthetic (trade names Lidocaine and Xylocaine) used topically on the skin and mucous membranes | ||
| ethocaine, procaine a white crystalline powder (trade name Ethocaine) administered near nerves as a local anesthetic in dentistry and medicine | ||
Adjectivelocal, localler, locallest |
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| local - affecting only a restricted part or area of the body; "local anesthesia" | ||
| general prevailing among and common to the general public; "the general discontent" | ||
| medical specialty, medicine the learned profession that is mastered by graduate training in a medical school and that is devoted to preventing or alleviating or curing diseases and injuries; "he studied medicine at Harvard" | ||
| localised, localized made local or oriented locally; "a decentralized and localized political authority" | ||
| local - of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood; "local customs"; "local schools"; "the local citizens"; "a local point of view"; "local outbreaks of flu"; "a local bus line" | ||
| local - 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" | ||
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Wiktionary 
- local (Noun)
A person who lives nearby. - local (Noun)
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union . - local (Noun)
A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones. - local (Noun)
One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar. - local (Noun)
A locally scoped identifier. - local (Noun)
An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published. - local (Adjective)
From or in a nearby location. - local (Adjective)
Having limited scope either lexical or dynamic; only being accessible within a certain portion of a program. - local (Adjective)
Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole. - local (Adjective)
Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism. - local (Adjective)
Descended from an indigenous population.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- local (a.)
Of or pertaining to a particular place, or to a definite region or portion of space; restricted to one place or region; as, a local custom. - local (n.)
A train which receives and deposits passengers or freight along the line of the road; a train for the accommodation of a certain district. - local (n.)
On newspaper cant, an item of news relating to the place where the paper is published.
OmegaWiki DictionaryOmegaWiki Dictionary Ω
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Of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighbourhood.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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local
lō′kal, adj. of or belonging to a place: confined to a spot or district.—ns. Locale (lō-käl′), a locality: the scene of some event; Localisā′tion.—v.t. Lō′calise, to assign to a place: to refer a sensation in perception to some part of the body.—ns. Lō′calism, the state of being local: affection for a place: provincialism; Local′ity, existence in a place: position: district.—adv. Lō′cally.—v.t. Locāte′, to place: to set in a particular position: to designate the place of.—n. Locā′tion, act of locating or placing: situation: (law) a leasing on rent.—adj. Lō′cātive (gram.), indicating place.—Local Government Acts, a series of enactments instituting local self-government of the various counties of Great Britain and of a large number of boroughs; Local Option, a phrase first used by Mr Gladstone in a letter in 1868 for the determination by vote of the people of a town or district as to whether licenses to sell intoxicating liquors shall be granted or not. [Fr.,—Low L. localis—locus, a place.]
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