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adjective
1.
pertaining to or characterized by place or position in space; spatial.
2.
pertaining to, characteristic of, or restricted to a particular place or particular places: a local custom.
3.
pertaining to a city, town, or small district rather than an entire state or country: local transportation.
4.
stopping at most or all stations: a local train.
5.
EXPANDpertaining to or affecting a particular part or particular parts, as of a physical system or organism: a local disease.
6.
COLLAPSEMedicine/Medical. (of anesthesia or an anesthetic) affecting only a particular part or area of the body, without concomitant loss of consciousness, as distinguished from general anesthesia.
noun
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a local train, bus, etc.
8.
a newspaper item of local interest.
9.
a local branch of a union, fraternity, etc.
10.
a local anesthetic.
11.
EXPANDOften, locals.
a.
a local person or resident: primarily of interest to locals.
b.
a local athletic team: the locals versus the state champions.
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Locals
is always a great word to know.
So is lollapalooza. Does it mean:
| an extraordinary or unusual thing, person, or event; an exceptional example or instance. |
| a printed punctuation mark (‽), available only in some typefaces, designed to combine the question mark (?) and the exclamation point (!), indicating a mixture of query and interjection, as after a rhetorical question. |
verb (used without object)
14.
Informal. to travel by or take a local train or the like.
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Word Origin & History
local
late 14c., "pertaining to position," from O.Fr. local, from L.L. localis "pertaining to a place," from L. locus "place" (see locus). The meaning "limited to a particular place" is from 1610s. The noun meaning "a local train" is from 1879; "local branch of a trade union" is
EXPANDfrom 1888; "neighborhood pub" is from 1934. Related: Locally. Local color is from 1721, originally a term in painting; meaning "anything picturesque" is from c.1900.
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Medical Dictionary
local lo·cal (lō'kəl)
adj.
Affecting or confined to a limited part; not general or systemic.
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Computing Dictionary
locals definition
The users on one's local network (as opposed, say, to people one reaches via public Internet or UUCP connections). The marked thing about this usage is how little it has to do with real-space distance. "I have to do some tweaking on this mail utility before releasing it to the locals."
(1994-11-29)
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