local
From or in a nearby location.
Adjective 4 meanings
From or in a nearby location.
“We prefer local produce.”
Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
“local disk drive”
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
“A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!”
Noun 4 meanings
A person who lives in or near a given place.
“It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.”
A branch of a nationwide organization such as a trade union.
“I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.”
One's nearest or regularly frequented public house or bar.
“I got barred from my local, so I've started going all the way into town for a drink.”
A locally scoped identifier.
Adverb 1 meaning
In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
“It's never been more important to buy local.”
Etymology
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”).
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LOCAL at a glance
LOCAL has 5 letters and scores 7 points in Scrabble (L 1 + O 1 + C 3 + A 1 + L 1) and 10 in Words With Friends, before board bonuses. It ranks #337 by how often it appears in everyday English. It is valid in ENABLE, NWL2023, Collins/SOWPODS.
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