local

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA ^(key): /ˈləʊkl/, SAMPA: /"l@Ukl/
• (US) IPA ^(key): /ˈloʊkl/, SAMPA: /"loUkl/

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Adjective

Positive local

Comparative more local

Superlative most local

1. Something is local if it comes from a specific place. It often it means a place near the person who is speaking.

   We do not like fruit grown in other countries. We like to eat local fruit.

Antonyms

• distant
• foreign

Noun

Singular local

Plural locals

1. (countable) A person is local if the person comes from a specific place.

   They did not trust people from other places. They only trust locals.

Antonyms

• foreigner
• outsider

Related words

• locally
• localise/localize
• location
• locate