localadjective
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/B1 from, existing in, serving, or responsible for a small area, especially of a country:
limited to a particular part of the body:
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- She works on the checkout at the local supermarket.
- I've just joined the local tennis club.
- We advertised our car in the local newspaper.
- He's well-known in the local community.
- Although long-distance phone calls are going up, the charge for local calls will not alter.
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Towns & regions: environments & localities
- arrondissement
- backyard
- belt
- environment
- environs
- hood
- in your backyard idiom
- locale
- locality
- localize
- locally
- milieu
- neck
- neighbourhood
- pitch
- surround
- surroundings
- this, our, etc. neck of the woods idiom
- turf
- vicinity
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localnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈləʊ.kəl/us/ˈloʊ.kəl/local noun [ C ] (PERSON)
C2 a person who lives in the particular small area that you are talking about:
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People who live or settle somewhere
- asylum seeker
- brain drain
- bum
- city slicker
- cohabitant
- cottager
- exodus
- foreign-returned
- frontiersman
- guest worker
- illegal alien
- lodger
- occupier
- outflow
- overspill
- roomer
- settler
- squatter
- villager
- welcome wagon
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local noun [ C ] (PUB)
UK a pub near to where a person lives, especially if they often go there to drink:
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Selling & serving alcoholic drinks
- bar
- barkeeper
- barmaid
- barman
- bartender
- cut sb off
- free house
- gastropub
- hostelry
- innkeeper
- landlady
- licensee
- liquor store
- nineteenth
- public bar
- public house
- publican
- roadhouse
- saloon bar
- wine bar
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local noun [ C ] (VEHICLE)
US a train or bus that makes all or most of the stops along its route, allowing passengers to get on or off:
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Railways: trains & parts of trains
- air brake
- baggage car
- bogie
- boiler
- bullet train
- caboose
- carriage
- choo-choo
- coach
- couchette
- diesel
- emergency cord
- freight car
- intercity
- luggage van
- maglev train
- rolling stock
- shunt
- sleeping car
- wagon-lit
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local noun [ C ] (ORGANIZATION)
US a division within a union representing people from a particular area
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Industrial relations
- arbitrate
- arbitration
- arbitrator
- bargaining power
- closed shop
- collective bargaining
- convenor
- flying picket
- free collective bargaining
- guild
- industrial relations
- labor union
- labour relations
- non-union
- shop steward
- student union
- the TUC
- trade union
- union
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