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Commonlocal
The correct spelling is local.
How to pronounce local
/ˈləʊkl̩/
nounIPA: /ˈləʊkl̩/
Say it like: Loc-al
The correct spelling is local. A person who lives near a given place. For example: "It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists."
Usage Examples
“It's easy to tell the locals from the tourists.”
“I'm in the TWU, too. Local 6.”
“The expresses skipped my station, so I had to take a local.”
Meanings
noun
- 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.
adjective
- 1.From or in a nearby location.
- 2.(of a variable or identifier) Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only being accessible within a certain portion of a program.
- 3.(of a condition or state) Applying to each point in a space rather than the space as a whole.
- 4.Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
- 5.Descended from an indigenous population.
adverb
- 1.In the local area; within a city, state, country, etc.
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