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- pronunciation:
- lo
kl
- parts of speech:
- adjective, noun
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
part of speech: |
adjective |
definition 1: |
having to do with a particular place such as a neighborhood or town.
They called the local police for help.- antonyms:
- global, worldwide
- similar words:
- indigenous, municipal, native, parochial, provincial, regional
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definition 2: |
making repeated stops.
It took longer to get here because we rode the local train.- antonyms:
- express
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definition 3: |
having to do with a certain area in the body.
The doctor gave me a local anesthetic before he treated my broken finger.- antonyms:
- general
- similar words:
- limited, restricted
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related words: |
public |
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part of speech: |
noun |
definition 1: |
a local vehicle of transport such as a bus.
To get there you have to ride the local, because the express will skip that stop.- antonyms:
- express
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definition 2: |
one who lives in the local area.
The locals don't trust people who are just passing through town.- antonyms:
- outsider, stranger
- similar words:
- native, neighbor
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The word local
contains the following parts:
loc
Latin
root
that means place
Example words:
-al2, -ial, -ual
Latin
adjective-forming suffix
that means pertaining to
More about this word part:
The suffix -al2, -ial
attaches primarily to nouns ( national
, environmental
) but sometimes to Latin or Greek roots ( final
, capital
, comical
) to form adjectives. See also -ar1.
Example words:
abnormal, accidental, additional, aerial, annual, artificial, biblical, brutal, capital, central, chemical, classical, coastal, colonial, comical, commercial, confidential, constitutional, continual, controversial, conventional, criminal, critical, crucial, cultural, cylindrical, dental, detrimental, developmental, economical, editorial, educational, electrical, emotional, environmental, essential, equal, exceptional, experimental, facial, factual, federal, final, financial, floral, formal, functional, fundamental, general, global, grammatical, habitual, historical, hysterical, illogical, immoral, impersonal, impractical, individual, industrial, influential, internal, legal, local, logical, lyrical, magical, mathematical, memorial, mental, moral, mortal, musical, mythical, national, natural, nautical, neutral, normal, official, parental, personal, plural, political, potential, racial, rational, regional, irrational, intellectual, rhythmical, seasonal, spinal, spiritual, technological, thermal, tidal, traditional, tribal, typical, universal, unnatural, verbal, virtual, vocal, visual
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