--- title: L — The English dictionary with trees and pragmatics · page 26 description: The 644 words of the English dictionary under L, every meaning for a pupil and every example with its dependency tree and pragmatics. --- [Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/26/) [home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [corpora](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/) / [English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/) / L # L — The English dictionary · page 26 [A](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/A/) · [B](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/B/) · [C](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/C/) · [D](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/D/) · [E](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/E/) · [F](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/F/) · [G](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/G/) · [H](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/H/) · [I](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/I/) · [J](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/J/) · [K](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/K/) · [L](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) · [M](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/M/) · [N](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/N/) · [O](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/O/) · [P](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/P/) · [Q](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Q/) · [R](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/R/) · [S](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/S/) · [T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/T/) · [U](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/U/) · [V](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/V/) · [W](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/W/) · [X](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/X/) · [Y](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Y/) · [Z](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/Z/) [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/25/) **26** [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) **lo** — *Early Modern English, meaning 1:* Look\![↗](../../lo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") See\![↗](../../lo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") Behold\![↗](../../lo/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Lo, here is seed for you, and ye shall sow the land.[↗](../../lo/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah GEN.47.23, JPS 1917) · 'Lo! did I not speak well?[↗](../../lo/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (The Orange Fairy Book) · And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt-offering, he, and all the princes of Moab.[↗](../../lo/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah NUM.23.6, JPS 1917) **load** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A load is something heavy that is carried, for example by a truck, a person or a washing machine.[↗](../../load/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* To load means to put things into or onto a car, ship, machine or bag.[↗](../../load/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A load or loads (informal) means a lot: loads of friends.[↗](../../load/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* To load a computer program or page means to make it open and appear.[↗](../../load/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The truck carries a heavy load of sand.[↗](../../load/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Help me load the car for the holiday.[↗](../../load/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I have loads of homework tonight.[↗](../../load/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Put a load of washing in the machine.[↗](../../load/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The page is taking ages to load.[↗](../../load/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The bridge can hold a load of 20 tonnes.[↗](../../load/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A lever helps you lift a heavy load with less effort.[↗](../../load/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The camel carried a load on its back.[↗](../../load/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · Bel boweth down, Nebo stoopeth; their idols are upon the beasts, and upon the cattle; the things that ye carried about are made a load, a burden to the weary beast.[↗](../../load/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ISA.46.1, JPS 1917)[↗](../../load/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **loaf** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loaf is bread baked in one big piece, before it is cut into slices.[↗](../../loaf/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A meat loaf is minced meat cooked in a loaf shape.[↗](../../loaf/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To loaf, or loaf around, is to spend time doing nothing.[↗](../../loaf/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A baker makes 40 loaves a day.[↗](../../loaf/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Each loaf has 12 slices.[↗](../../loaf/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · A loaf costs 2 dollars.[↗](../../loaf/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · How many loaves for 60 slices?[↗](../../loaf/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Please buy a loaf of bread on the way home.[↗](../../loaf/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The Little Red Hen baked a loaf all by herself.[↗](../../loaf/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The fresh loaf smelled wonderful.[↗](../../loaf/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · He loafed around all Saturday.[↗](../../loaf/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · 'Crumble those three loaves for the ants,' he said.[↗](../../loaf/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · and one loaf of bread, and one cake of oiled bread, and one wafer, out of the basket of unleavened bread that is before the LORD.[↗](../../loaf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.29.23, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loaf/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · Ye shall bring out of your dwellings two wave-loaves of two tenth parts of an ephah; they shall be of fine flour, they shall be baked with leaven, for first-fruits unto the LORD.[↗](../../loaf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.23.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loaf/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") · Now therefore what is under thy hand? five loaves of bread? give them in my hand, or whatsoever there is present.'[↗](../../loaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.21.4, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loaf/#x12 "tree and pragmatics") · For on account of a harlot a man is brought to a loaf of bread, but the adulteress hunteth for the precious life.[↗](../../loaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings PRO.6.26, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loaf/#x13 "tree and pragmatics") · And take with thee ten loaves, and biscuits, and a cruse of honey, and go to him; he will tell thee what shall become of the child.'[↗](../../loaf/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1KI.14.3, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loaf/#x14 "tree and pragmatics") **loam** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Loam is rich, dark soil made of a good mix of sand, silt and clay, with rotting plants in it; it is very good for growing things.[↗](../../loam/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* Loam is the best soil for vegetables.[↗](../../loam/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The garden has dark, crumbly loam.[↗](../../loam/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We tested sand, clay and loam to see which drains best.[↗](../../loam/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Loamy soil holds water but doesn't flood.[↗](../../loam/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The farmer was pleased with the rich loam.[↗](../../loam/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Mix compost into the soil to make it more like loam.[↗](../../loam/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **loan** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A loan is money that someone borrows and must pay back, often with extra money called interest.[↗](../../loan/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A loan is something lent to someone for a while: «The book is on loan.».[↗](../../loan/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* To loan means to lend.[↗](../../loan/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* They took out a loan to buy a car.[↗](../../loan/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The painting is on loan to the museum.[↗](../../loan/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · You must pay back a loan.[↗](../../loan/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The library loaned us twenty books for the project.[↗](../../loan/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · If you borrow £100 and pay 5% interest, you pay back £105.[↗](../../loan/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · He asked his sister for a small loan.[↗](../../loan/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The player is on loan to another club.[↗](../../loan/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Never agree to a loan from a stranger online.[↗](../../loan/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · When thou dost lend thy neighbour any manner of loan, thou shalt not go into his house to fetch his pledge.[↗](../../loan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah DEU.24.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loan/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · And Eli would bless Elkanah and his wife, and say: 'The LORD give thee seed of this woman for the loan which was lent to the LORD.'[↗](../../loan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") And they would go unto their own home.[↗](../../loan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets 1SA.2.20, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loan/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") **loanword** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A word one language has taken from another language and now uses as its own, like «pizza» from Italian or «kindergarten» from German.[↗](../../loanword/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (language study) Any borrowed word, studied to see where words came from.[↗](../../loanword/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* «Pyjamas» is a loanword from Hindi and Urdu.[↗](../../loanword/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · «Shampoo» is a loanword from Hindi too.[↗](../../loanword/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our teacher showed us that «chocolate» is a loanword from Spanish, which took it from Nahuatl.[↗](../../loanword/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Japanese has many English loanwords, like «aisu kuriimu» for ice cream.[↗](../../loanword/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · «Safari» came into English as a loanword from Swahili.[↗](../../loanword/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Many loanwords keep their foreign spelling, such as «croissant».[↗](../../loanword/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · We made a poster of loanwords and the countries they came from.[↗](../../loanword/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · «Boomerang» is a loanword from an Aboriginal language of Australia.[↗](../../loanword/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **loath** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Loath means unwilling, not wanting to do something: loath to go.[↗](../../loath/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* He was loath to go to bed.[↗](../../loath/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The goddess was loath to say goodbye.[↗](../../loath/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · I am loath to spoil the game.[↗](../../loath/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · For thou loathest it, so that thou must choose, and not I; therefore speak what thou knowest.[↗](../../loath/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.34.33, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loath/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · And I cut off the three shepherds in one month; 'for My soul became impatient of them, and their soul also loathed Me.'[↗](../../loath/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets ZEC.11.8, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loath/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Thou art thy mother's daughter, that loatheth her husband and her children; and thou art the sister of thy sisters, who loathed their husbands and their children; your mother was a Hittite, and your father an Amorite.[↗](../../loath/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.45, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loath/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **loathe** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* To hate something and feel disgusted by it.[↗](../../loathe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* And the fish that are in the river shall die, and the river shall become foul; and the Egyptians shall loathe to drink water from the river.'[↗](../../loathe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah EXO.7.18, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · I loathe it; I shall not live alway; let me alone; for my days are vanity.[↗](../../loathe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.7.16, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Then shall ye remember your evil ways, and your doings that were not good; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for your iniquities and for your abominations.[↗](../../loathe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.36.31, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · And there shall ye remember your ways, and all your doings, wherein ye have polluted yourselves; and ye shall loathe yourselves in your own sight for all your evils that ye have committed.[↗](../../loathe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.20.43, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **loathsome** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Loathsome means so nasty or disgusting that people hate it.[↗](../../loathsome/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* The smell from the bin was loathsome.[↗](../../loathsome/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The witch looked loathsome.[↗](../../loathsome/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Lies are loathsome to honest people.[↗](../../loathsome/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · My breath is abhorred of my wife, and I am loathsome to the children of my tribe.[↗](../../loathsome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") (Writings JOB.19.17, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathsome/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") **loathsomeness** — *In Jewish tradition, meaning 1:* The state of being disgusting or hateful to look at or think about.[↗](../../loathsomeness/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* No eye pitied thee, to do any of these unto thee, to have compassion upon thee; but thou wast cast out in the open field in the loathsomeness of thy person, in the day that thou wast born.[↗](../../loathsomeness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") (Prophets EZK.16.5, JPS 1917)[↗](../../loathsomeness/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") **lob** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* To lob something is to throw or hit it high in the air, in a slow curve.[↗](../../lob/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In tennis, football and other games, a lob is a high shot over an opponent's head.[↗](../../lob/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal, UK and Australia) To lob something is to throw it carelessly: «Lob it in the bin».[↗](../../lob/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (informal, Australia and New Zealand) To lob or lob in is to arrive, often unexpectedly: «He lobbed in at midnight».[↗](../../lob/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She lobbed the ball over the goalkeeper's head.[↗](../../lob/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · His lob landed just inside the line.[↗](../../lob/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · «Lob us the keys, would you?»[↗](../../lob/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · He lobbed his bag onto the bed.[↗](../../lob/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The cousins lobbed in for lunch without warning.[↗](../../lob/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The snowball was lobbed high over the fence.[↗](../../lob/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · A lob is hard to return if you are close to the net.[↗](../../lob/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") **lobby** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A large hall or entrance area just inside the front door of a hotel, theatre, flats or office building.[↗](../../lobby/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* A group of people who try to get politicians to make or change laws for their cause: the farming lobby.[↗](../../lobby/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (verb) To try to persuade politicians or people in charge to do something.[↗](../../lobby/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* (UK) A hall in Parliament where members of the public can meet MPs.[↗](../../lobby/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 5:* A lobby can also be a hall or passage inside a house, such as one upstairs.[↗](../../lobby/#m5 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We waited for Grandma in the hotel lobby.[↗](../../lobby/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The lobby of the cinema smelled of popcorn.[↗](../../lobby/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Our class lobbied the head teacher for a longer break.[↗](../../lobby/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The parents lobbied the council for a new crossing outside school.[↗](../../lobby/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · A big lobby group is against the new law.[↗](../../lobby/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Meet me in the lobby at the front door.[↗](../../lobby/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The environmental lobby wants fewer plastic bags.[↗](../../lobby/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The flats have a lobby with a lift and mailboxes.[↗](../../lobby/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · "I have just a ceiling to finish in an upper lobby," said Gobborn, "and then it wants nothing."[↗](../../lobby/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lobe** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* An earlobe (lobe) is the soft round part at the bottom of your ear.[↗](../../lobe/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) A lobe is a round part of an organ, like the lobes of the brain, the lungs or the liver.[↗](../../lobe/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* A lobe is a rounded part of a leaf or another shape that sticks out.[↗](../../lobe/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* She has her ear lobes pierced.[↗](../../lobe/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The frontal lobe of the brain helps us plan.[↗](../../lobe/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The right lung has three lobes.[↗](../../lobe/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Oak leaves have wavy lobes.[↗](../../lobe/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The occipital lobe helps us see.[↗](../../lobe/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · My earlobes get cold in winter.[↗](../../lobe/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · But the fat, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver of the sin-offering, he made smoke upon the altar; as the LORD commanded Moses.[↗](../../lobe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lobe/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · and the fat of the ox, and of the ram, the fat tail, and that which covereth the inwards, and the kidneys, and the lobe of the liver.[↗](../../lobe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.9.19, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lobe/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · and the two kidneys, and the fat that is upon them, which is by the loins, and the lobe above the liver, which he shall take away by the kidneys.[↗](../../lobe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") (Torah LEV.3.10, JPS 1917)[↗](../../lobe/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") **lobed** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Having lobes: rounded parts that stick out, like the parts of an oak leaf or of an ear.[↗](../../lobed/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* (science) Divided into rounded sections, like a lung or the brain.[↗](../../lobed/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* An oak leaf is lobed, with round bumps along its edge.[↗](../../lobed/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We sorted our leaves into lobed and smooth ones.[↗](../../lobed/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The maple leaf on Canada's flag is lobed with sharp points.[↗](../../lobed/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The human brain is lobed, and each lobe has different jobs.[↗](../../lobed/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Some lobed leaves look a bit like a hand.[↗](../../lobed/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The scientist drew a three-lobed flower.[↗](../../lobed/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Ivy leaves are often lobed.[↗](../../lobed/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · The lungs are lobed: the right lung has three lobes and the left has two.[↗](../../lobed/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **lobster** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* A sea animal with a hard shell, ten legs and two big claws, related to crabs.[↗](../../lobster/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* Its meat, eaten as food.[↗](../../lobster/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (informal) Someone badly sunburnt is "red as a lobster".[↗](../../lobster/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* A lobster has two big claws for crushing food.[↗](../../lobster/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · Fishermen catch lobsters in traps called lobster pots.[↗](../../lobster/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Live lobsters are usually dark green or blue, not red.[↗](../../lobster/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · They had lobster for a special dinner.[↗](../../lobster/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · After the beach, I was as red as a lobster\![↗](../../lobster/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Lobsters grow by shedding their shells.[↗](../../lobster/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") **local** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* Local means belonging to or near the place where you live, or a particular area.[↗](../../local/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The locals are the people who live in a place.[↗](../../local/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* In Britain, «the local» can mean the nearby pub.[↗](../../local/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 4:* In medicine, a local anaesthetic numbs only one part of the body.[↗](../../local/#m4 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We borrow books from our local library.[↗](../../local/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The local park has a new playground.[↗](../../local/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · We asked a local for directions.[↗](../../local/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Buy fruit from local farmers.[↗](../../local/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · It's 9 o'clock local time.[↗](../../local/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The local news talked about the flood.[↗](../../local/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · Our local football team won the cup.[↗](../../local/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · It must therefore have been brought to Europe from the East and adapted to local conditions at Dort and Swaffham.[↗](../../local/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") **locality** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* (formal) An area or neighbourhood; the place around a particular point.[↗](../../locality/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* The exact place where something is found or happens, for example where a rock or plant was found.[↗](../../locality/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* There are three schools in the locality.[↗](../../locality/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · We drew a map of our locality in geography.[↗](../../locality/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · The fossil was found in a locality near the coast.[↗](../../locality/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · Residents of the locality complained about the noise.[↗](../../locality/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · Is there a library in this locality?[↗](../../locality/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · The police searched the immediate locality.[↗](../../locality/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The plant grows only in one small locality.[↗](../../locality/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Our locality has a park, a shop and a bus stop.[↗](../../locality/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") · They therefore attribute more importance than I to the exact form in which it is found and restrict it to the locality of birth.[↗](../../locality/#x9 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of Holiness in the midst of them sustaining all things.[↗](../../locality/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../locality/#x10 "tree and pragmatics") · These Seven Double Letters point out seven localities ; Above, Below, East, West, North, South, and the Palace of HoHness in the midst of them sus- taining all things.[↗](../../locality/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") (Sefer Yetzirah, Westcott 1893)[↗](../../locality/#x11 "tree and pragmatics") **locally** — *Everyday, meaning 1:* In or near the place where you are or where you live; nearby.[↗](../../locally/#m1 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 2:* In one small part rather than everywhere, such as one spot on the body.[↗](../../locally/#m2 "tree and pragmatics") *Everyday, meaning 3:* (business) Made, grown or sold in the nearby area, not brought from far away.[↗](../../locally/#m3 "tree and pragmatics") *Example:* We buy our eggs locally from a farm down the road.[↗](../../locally/#x1 "tree and pragmatics") · The hill is known locally as Witch's Hat.[↗](../../locally/#x2 "tree and pragmatics") · Mum likes to shop locally to help small businesses.[↗](../../locally/#x3 "tree and pragmatics") · The cream works locally, only where you rub it.[↗](../../locally/#x4 "tree and pragmatics") · The storm caused flooding locally, but the rest of the country was dry.[↗](../../locally/#x5 "tree and pragmatics") · Our school uses locally grown apples at lunch.[↗](../../locally/#x6 "tree and pragmatics") · The festival is famous locally but few tourists have heard of it.[↗](../../locally/#x7 "tree and pragmatics") · Think globally, act locally.[↗](../../locally/#x8 "tree and pragmatics") [1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/) … [25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/25/) **26** [27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) … [35](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/35/) - ← previous: [page 25](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/25/) - next →: [page 27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/L/page/27/) - ↑ back to [The English dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/english/)