local

CEFRA2

/ˈləʊ.kl̩/

adjective · noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    adjective

    Connected with a particular area or nearby place.

  2. 02

    noun

    A person who lives in a particular area.

Examples

  • Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.

  • The local community supported us from the start.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
2
Citations
5
Synonyms
3

Also pronounced

  • /ˈloʊ.kl̩/

Deep Dive

adjective

Extra meanings

  1. Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.

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

  3. From or in a nearby location.

More examples

In context

  • I'll give you a local anaesthetic.

  • We prefer local produce.

  • local disk drive

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Origin

adjective

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.