local

  • 51local — 1. adjective 1) the local council Syn: community, district, neighbourhood, regional, town, municipal, provincial, village, parish 2) a local restaurant Syn: neighbourhood, nea …

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  • 52local*/ — [ˈləʊk(ə)l] adj I 1) in or related to a particular area, especially the place where you live Ask for the book in your local library.[/ex] Local calls cost 2p a minute.[/ex] 2) affecting only a small area of the body a local infection[/ex] II noun …

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  • 53local — Relating to place, expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from general, personal, widespread and transitory. As to local allegiance local customs local government local tax and venue, see those titles …

    Black's law dictionary

  • 54local — Relating to place, expressive of place; belonging or confined to a particular place. Distinguished from general, personal, widespread and transitory. As to local allegiance local customs local government local tax and venue, see those titles …

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  • 55local — 1. adjective /ˈləʊkl,ˈloʊkl/ a) From or in a nearby location. We prefer local produce. b) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program …

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  • 56local — Synonyms and related words: Amtrak, Pullman, Pullman car, aboriginal, aborigine, adjoining, affiliate, alehouse, arm, autochthon, baggage car, baggage train, bar, barrel house, barroom, beer garden, beer parlor, bistro, blind tiger, boxcar,… …

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  • 57local — [15] Latin locus meant ‘place’ (it became in due course French lieu, acquired by English in the 13th century, and was itself adopted into English as a mathematical term in the 18th century). From it was derived the verb locāre ‘place’, source of… …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 58local — adjective 1》 relating or restricted to a particular area or one s neighbourhood.     ↘denoting a telephone call made to a nearby place and charged at a relatively low rate.     ↘Computing only available for use in one part of a program. 2》 (in… …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 59local — adj 1. positional, locational, spatial, situational. 2. provincial, parochial, municipal, regional, sectional, divisional, territorial; county, district, town, city; neighborhood, small town, red brick. 3. home, homemade, homespun; native,… …

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  • 60local — / ləυk(ə)l/ adjective located in or providing a service for a restricted area ▪▪▪ ‘…each cheque can be made out for the local equivalent of £100 rounded up to a convenient figure’ [Sunday Times] ▪▪▪ ‘…the business agent for Local 414 of the Store …

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