Local Meaning
/ˈləʊ.kl̩/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
adjFrom or in a nearby location.
adjConnected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
Sentence Examples
Many local traditions have fallen into decay in recent years.
I'll give you a local anaesthetic.
The local community supported us from the start.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The weekly ____ newspaper covers only events happening in this small town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I always try to buy fresh produce from the ____ farmer's market to support the community today.
Word Origin & History
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.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Not unnaturally, “Auntie” took this communication in bad part.[…]Next day she[…]tried to recover her ward by the hair of the head. Then, thwarted, the wretched creature went to the police for help; she was versed in the law, and perhaps had spared no pains to keep on good terms with the local constabulary."
— 1918, W[illiam] B[abington] Maxwell, chapter XLIV, in The Mirror and the Lamp, Indianapolis, Ind.: The Bobbs-Merrill Company, →OCLC, page 361:
"A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone."
— 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
"Taunton station is busy - even more so when the inbound working of my Bristol train arrives, laden with the usual mix of 'staycationers' and locals."
— 2020 December 2, Paul Bigland, “My weirdest and wackiest Rover yet”, in Rail, page 66:
"Citing the risk involved with being out as a gay person and a union activist while simultaneously dealing with racism, Susan notes that there are no out gays or lesbians of color in her local, though its membership is about 80 percent people of color."
— 1990 February 4, Pam Mitchell, “Pro-Union And Queer”, in Gay Community News, volume 17, number 29, page 18:
"As they take me to my local down the street."
— 2010, “Nothing”, in Science & Faith, performed by The Script:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The weekly ____ newspaper covers only events happening in this small town.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
I always try to buy fresh produce from the ____ farmer's market to support the community today.