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local

/ˈləʊkl̩/ · noun

Meaning

  1. A person who lives near a given place.
  2. A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
  3. A train that stops at all, or almost all, stations between its origin and destination, including very small ones.
  4. One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
  5. A locally scoped identifier.
  6. An item of news relating to the place where the newspaper is published.
  7. From or in a nearby location.
  8. (of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
  9. (of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
  10. Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
  11. Descended from an indigenous population.
  12. In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
  13. An anesthetic (anesthetic substance) that causes loss of sensation only to the area to which it is applied.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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