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| 1. | [ adjective ] (government) relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area | |
| Examples: | "local taxes" "local authorities" |
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| Related terms: | national district community | |
| 2. | [ adjective ] (government) having subordinate authority or serving the needs of a limited district | |
| Examples: | "the local office" "local branches of the library" |
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| Related terms: | central | |
| 3. | [ adjective ] grown or originating in a particular place | |
| Synonyms: | homegrown | |
| Examples: | "stands selling homegrown fruits and vegetables" |
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| Related terms: | native | |
| 4. | [ adjective ] of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood | |
| Examples: | "local customs" "local schools" "the local citizens" "a local point of view" "local outbreaks of flu" "a local bus line" |
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| Related terms: | vicinity | |
| 5. | [ noun ] (transportation) public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops | |
| Examples: | "the local seemed to take forever to get to New York" |
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| Related terms: | express public_transport | |
| 6. | [ adjective ] having a definite spatial form and location | |
| Examples: | "a local heaven and hell" "give to airy nothings a local habitation and a name"- Shakespeare |
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| Related terms: | location | |
| 7. | [ adjective ] making all stops on its run | |
| Examples: | "a local train or bus" |
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| Related terms: | express | |
| 8. | [ adjective ] (medicine) affecting only a restricted part or area of the body | |
| Examples: | "local anesthesia" |
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| Related terms: | general medicine topical localised localized | |
| 9. | [ noun ] (medicine,pharmacology) anesthetic that numbs a local area of the body | |
| Synonyms: | local_anaesthetic topical_anesthetic topical_anaesthetic local_anesthetic | |
| Related terms: | anesthetic benzocaine procaine butacaine ethyl_chloride lidocaine antipruritic tetracaine anesthyl | |
| Similar spelling: |
locale low-cal locally lozal Loosli locule Loisel Lockley |
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