adj
Meaning 1
From or in a nearby location.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- We prefer local produce.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
local
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈləʊ.kl̩/
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General-American: lōk′əl
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General-American: /ˈloʊ.kl̩/
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rhymes with -əʊkəl
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adj
Meaning 2
Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
Examples
- local disk drive
- local file
- The panel shows both local and remote sites.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: remote
adj
Meaning 3
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: global
adj
Meaning 4
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
Examples
- A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 5
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
Satisfied by arbitrarily small open neighborhoods of every point.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: mathematics, sciences, topology
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 6
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
Satisfied by every finitely generated subgroup.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 7
Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
Such that the following conditions are equivalent: (1) P holds for R (M); (2) P holds for the localization R_p (M_p) for all prime ideals p of R; (3) P holds for the localization R_m (M_m) for all maximal ideals m of R.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: algebra, algebraic-geometry, geometry, mathematics, sciences
Examples
- Flatness is a local property.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 8
Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Topics: group-theory, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 9
Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: algebra, mathematics, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 10
Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: medicine, sciences
Examples
- local lesion
- The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: topical
Antonyms: none provided
adj
Meaning 11
Descended from an indigenous population.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adv
Meaning 12
In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It's never been more important to buy local.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 13
A person who lives in or near a given place.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 14
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 15
Clipping of local train.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping
Topics: rail-transport, railways, transport
Examples
- The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stopper
Antonyms: fast, express
noun
Meaning 16
One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: UK
Examples
- I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 17
A locally scoped identifier.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: computing, engineering, mathematics, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, programming, sciences
Examples
- 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.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 18
An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US, slang
Topics: journalism, media
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 19
Clipping of local anesthetic.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, clipping, colloquial
Topics: medicine, sciences
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 20
An independent trader who acts for themselves rather than on behalf of investors.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, finance
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: floor trader
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 21
A Twitter user who is not a part of Stan Twitter.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: derogatory, slang
Topics: lifestyle
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective
Meaning 22
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- local taxes
- local authorities
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: national
adjective
Meaning 23
affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- local anesthesia
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: general
adjective
Meaning 24
of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- local customs
- local schools
- the local citizens
- a local point of view
- local outbreaks of flu
- a local bus line
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 25
public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- the local seemed to take forever to get to New York
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: express
Broader terms: public transport
noun
Meaning 26
anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: local anesthetic, local anaesthetic, topical anesthetic, topical anaesthetic
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: anesthetic, anaesthetic, anesthetic agent, anaesthetic agent
Narrower terms: anesthyl, antipruritic, benzocaine, ethyl aminobenzoate, butacaine, butacaine sulfate, ethyl chloride, Lidocaine, Xylocaine, procaine, Ethocaine, tetracaine
History
Etymology
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”). The ring-theoretic senses derive from Krull, who first referred to Noetherian commutative rings with a unique maximal ideal as "Stellenring" (Stellen (“place”) + ring) in 1938. The term was inspired by algebraic geometry, where local rings encode information about the behavior of curves (surfaces, etc.) at points; hence, describe "local" behavior.
Across languages
Translations
202 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Albanian: lokal — of a nearby location
- Arabic: مَحَلِّيّ (maḥalliyy) — of a nearby location
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܼܟܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (duktānāyā) — of a nearby location
- Armenian: տեղական (teġakan) — of a nearby location
- Azerbaijani: yerli — of a nearby location
- Azerbaijani: məhəlli — of a nearby location
- Belarusian: ме́сны (mjésny) — of a nearby location
- Belarusian: мясцо́вы (mjascóvy) — of a nearby location
- Belarusian: тутэ́йшы (tutéjšy) — of a nearby location
- Belarusian: лака́льны (lakálʹny) — of a nearby location
- Belarusian: ляка́льны (ljakálʹny) — of a nearby location
- Bengali: আঞ্চলিক (ancolik) — of a nearby location
- Bulgarian: ме́стен (mésten) — of a nearby location
- Bulgarian: лока́лен (lokálen) — of a nearby location
- Catalan: local — of a nearby location
- Chinese Cantonese: 本地 (bun2 dei6) — of a nearby location
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地 (běndì) — of a nearby location
- Chinese Mandarin: 當地 /当地 (dāngdì) — of a nearby location
- Cornish: leel — of a nearby location
- Czech: místní — of a nearby location
- Danish: lokal — of a nearby location
- Dutch: lokaal — of a nearby location
- Dutch: plaatselijk — of a nearby location
- Esperanto: loka — of a nearby location
- Estonian: kohalik — of a nearby location
- Estonian: lokaalne — of a nearby location
- Fala: local — of a nearby location
- Finnish: paikallinen — of a nearby location
- Finnish: lähi- — of a nearby location
- French: local — of a nearby location
- Galician: local — of a nearby location
- Galician: do país — of a nearby location
- Georgian: ადგილობრივი (adgilobrivi) — of a nearby location
- German: lokal — of a nearby location
- German: örtlich — of a nearby location
- Greek: τοπικός (topikós) — of a nearby location
- Ancient Greek: τοπικός (topikós) — of a nearby location
- Ancient Greek: ἔντοπος (éntopos) — of a nearby location
- Hebrew: מְקוֹמִי (m'komí) — of a nearby location
- Hindi: स्थानीय (sthānīya) — of a nearby location
- Hindi: क्षेत्रीय (kṣetrīya) — of a nearby location
- Hungarian: helyi — of a nearby location
- Icelandic: staðbundinn — of a nearby location
- Ido: lokala — of a nearby location
- Irish: logánta — of a nearby location
- Irish: áitiúil — of a nearby location
- Italian: locale — of a nearby location
- Japanese: 現地 (genchi) — of a nearby location
- Kazakh: жергілікті (jergılıktı) — of a nearby location
- Korean: 지방의 (jibang'ui) — of a nearby location
- Kyrgyz: жергиликтүү (jergiliktüü) — of a nearby location
- Latin: locālis — of a nearby location
- Latvian: vietējs — of a nearby location
- Latvian: lokāls — of a nearby location
- Lithuanian: vietinis — of a nearby location
- Lithuanian: lokalinis — of a nearby location
- Luxembourgish: lokal — of a nearby location
- Macedonian: ме́стен (mésten) — of a nearby location
- Macedonian: ло́кален (lókalen) — of a nearby location
- Malay: setempat — of a nearby location
- Malay: lokal — of a nearby location
- Malay: tempatan — of a nearby location
- Malayalam: തദ്ദേശ (taddēśa) — of a nearby location
- Manchu: ᡨᡝᠰᡠ ᠪᠠ ᡳ (tesu ba i) — of a nearby location
- Māori: ā-rohe — of a nearby location
- Māori: tata — of a nearby location
- Māori: paetata — of a nearby location
- Mongolian: ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ (nutuɣ-un) — of a nearby location
- Mongolian: ᠲᠤᠰ ᠨᠤᠲᠤᠭ ᠤᠨ (tus nutuɣ-un) — of a nearby location
- Mongolian: нутгийн (nutgiin) — of a nearby location
- Mongolian: тус нутгийн (tus nutgiin) — of a nearby location
- Norwegian Bokmål: lokal — of a nearby location
- Old English: stōwlīċ — of a nearby location
- Persian: محلی (mahalli) — of a nearby location
- Polish: lokalny — of a nearby location
- Polish: miejscowy — of a nearby location
- Polish: tutejszy — of a nearby location
- Portuguese: local — of a nearby location
- Romanian: local — of a nearby location
- Russian: ме́стный (méstnyj) — of a nearby location
- Russian: лока́льный (lokálʹnyj) — of a nearby location
- Scottish Gaelic: ionadail — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: ме̏снӣ — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: мје̏снӣ — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: ло̀ка̄лан — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: mȅsnī — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: mjȅsnī — of a nearby location
- Serbo-Croatian: lòkālan — of a nearby location
- Slovak: miestny — of a nearby location
- Slovene: lokalen — of a nearby location
- Slovene: krajeven — of a nearby location
- Spanish: local — of a nearby location
- Spanish: lugareño — of a nearby location
- Swedish: lokal — of a nearby location
- Tagalog: pampook — of a nearby location
- Tagalog: pandito — of a nearby location
- Tajik: маҳаллӣ (mahalli) — of a nearby location
- Thai: ส่วนท้องถิ่น (sùan-tóng-tìn) — of a nearby location
- Thai: ท้องถิ่น (tóng-tìn) — of a nearby location
- Turkish: yerel — of a nearby location
- Turkish: lokal — of a nearby location
- Turkish: mahallî — of a nearby location
- Turkish: yöresel — of a nearby location
- Turkish: mevzii — of a nearby location
- Ukrainian: місце́вий (miscévyj) — of a nearby location
- Ukrainian: туте́шній (tutéšnij) — of a nearby location
- Ukrainian: лока́льний (lokálʹnyj) — of a nearby location
- Uzbek: mahalliy — of a nearby location
- Vietnamese: địa phương — of a nearby location
- Welsh: lleol — of a nearby location
- Yiddish: היגע (hige) — of a nearby location
- Yiddish: לאָקאַל (lokal) — of a nearby location
- Yiddish: אָרטיק (ortik) — of a nearby location
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地 (běndì) — computing: connected directly
- Catalan: local — computing: having limited scope
- Chinese Mandarin: 局部 (júbù) — computing: having limited scope
- Czech: lokální — computing: having limited scope
- Finnish: paikallinen — computing: having limited scope
- French: local — computing: having limited scope
- Greek: τοπικός (topikós) — computing: having limited scope
- Irish: logánta — computing: having limited scope
- Irish: áitiúil — computing: having limited scope
- Malay: setempat — computing: having limited scope
- Malay: lokal — computing: having limited scope
- Māori: paetata — computing: having limited scope
- Polish: lokalny — computing: having limited scope
- Portuguese: local — computing: having limited scope
- Russian: лока́льный (lokálʹnyj) — computing: having limited scope
- Swedish: lokal — computing: having limited scope
- Finnish: likimääräinen — math: applying to a limited space
- Icelandic: staðbundinn — math: applying to a limited space
- Icelandic: stað- — math: applying to a limited space
- Japanese: 局所 (kyokusho) — math: applying to a limited space
- Malay: setempat — math: applying to a limited space
- Malay: lokal — math: applying to a limited space
- Polish: lokalny — math: applying to a limited space
- Portuguese: local — math: applying to a limited space
- Russian: лока́льный (lokálʹnyj) — math: applying to a limited space
- Catalan: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Finnish: paikallinen — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Finnish: paikallis- — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- French: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Galician: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Hungarian: helyi — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Italian: locale — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Latin: localis — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Malay: setempat — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Malay: lokal — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Portuguese: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Romanian: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Russian: ме́стный (méstnyj) — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Russian: лока́льный (lokálʹnyj) — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Spanish: local — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Swedish: lokal — medicine: of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܕܘܼܟܬܵܢܵܝܵܐ (duktānāyā) — a person who lives near a given place
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܐܲܬܪܵܢܵܝܵܐ (atrānāyā) — a person who lives near a given place
- Armenian: տեղացի (teġacʻi) — a person who lives near a given place
- Chinese Cantonese: 本地人 (bun2 dei6 jan4) — a person who lives near a given place
- Chinese Mandarin: 本地人 (běndìrén) — a person who lives near a given place
- Dutch: plaatselijke bewoner — a person who lives near a given place
- Esperanto: lokano — a person who lives near a given place
- Finnish: paikkakuntalainen — a person who lives near a given place
- German: Ortsmann — a person who lives near a given place
- German: Einheimischer — a person who lives near a given place
- Greek: ντόπιος (ntópios) — a person who lives near a given place
- Ancient Greek: ἐγχώριος (enkhṓrios) — a person who lives near a given place
- Hindi: स्थानीय (sthānīya) — a person who lives near a given place
- Hindi: क्षेत्रीय (kṣetrīya) — a person who lives near a given place
- Hungarian: helyi — a person who lives near a given place
- Hungarian: helybeli — a person who lives near a given place
- Icelandic: heimamaður — a person who lives near a given place
- Italian: locale — a person who lives near a given place
- Japanese: 土地の人 — a person who lives near a given place
- Macedonian: ме́штанин (méštanin) — a person who lives near a given place
- Polish: miejscowy — a person who lives near a given place
- Polish: miejscowa — a person who lives near a given place
- Polish: tutejszy — a person who lives near a given place
- Polish: tutejsza — a person who lives near a given place
- Portuguese: habitante local — a person who lives near a given place
- Portuguese: morador local — a person who lives near a given place
- Russian: ме́стный (méstnyj) — a person who lives near a given place
- Russian: тузе́мец (tuzémec) — a person who lives near a given place
- Spanish: lugareño — a person who lives near a given place
- Swedish: lokalinvånare — a person who lives near a given place
- Swedish: lokalbo — a person who lives near a given place
- Turkish: yerli — a person who lives near a given place
- Turkish: mahalleli — a person who lives near a given place
- Urdu: مقامی — a person who lives near a given place
- Yiddish: היגער (higer) — a person who lives near a given place
- Finnish: paikallisyhdistys — a branch of an organization
- Finnish: paikallisosasto — a branch of an organization
- French: section — a branch of an organization
- German: Ortsverband — a branch of an organization
- Hindi: शाखा (śākhā) — a branch of an organization
- Hindi: मंडल (maṇḍal) — a branch of an organization
- Hindi: खंड (khaṇḍ) — a branch of an organization
- Dutch: stamcafé — (UK) the nearest bar
- Dutch: stamkroeg — (UK) the nearest bar
- Finnish: paikallinen — (UK) the nearest bar
- Finnish: lähikuppila — (UK) the nearest bar
- German: Stammkneipe — (UK) the nearest bar
- German: Ortskneipe — (UK) the nearest bar
Real reading context