local

«local» in Mova's school dictionary: belonging to or near the place where you live, or a… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective; noun (the locals, a local)

meaning for a pupil

1) Local means belonging to or near the place where you live, or a particular area. tree →

2) The locals are the people who live in a place. tree →

3) In Britain, «the local» can mean the nearby pub. tree →

4) In medicine, a local anaesthetic numbs only one part of the body. tree →

sense in the lessons

In geography and everyday life local means close by: the local library, park, school, shop. Local customs are the ways of a particular place, and visitors respect them. Phrases: «local area», «local news», «local time», «local shop», «ask a local».

examples

• We borrow books from our local library. tree →
• The local park has a new playground. tree →
• We asked a local for directions. tree →
• Buy fruit from local farmers. tree →
• It's 9 o'clock local time. tree →
• The local news talked about the flood. tree →
• Our local football team won the cup. tree →
• It must therefore have been brought to Europe from the East and adapted to local conditions at Dort and Swaffham. tree →

note

Adverb: locally. Opposites: national, global, faraway. Local time is the time in that place, which can differ from another time zone. Pronounced LOH-kul.

In the corpora

• When grown-ups are ill, they usually see the GP, the family doctor at the local surgery.
• A local anaesthetic only numbs one part of the body, and the person stays awake.
• The council is the local government.
• Councillors are elected by local people.
• The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «local» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.