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# local

«local» in Mova's school dictionary: **belonging to or near the place where you live, or a…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective; noun (the locals, a local)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Local means belonging to or near the place where you live, or a particular area. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#m1)

2) The locals are the people who live in a place. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#m2)

3) In Britain, «the local» can mean the nearby pub. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#m3)

4) In medicine, a local anaesthetic numbs only one part of the body. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In geography and everyday life local means close by: the local library, park, school, shop. Local customs are the ways of a particular place, and visitors respect them. Phrases: «local area», «local news», «local time», «local shop», «ask a local».

### examples

- We borrow books from our local library. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x1)
- The local park has a new playground. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x2)
- We asked a local for directions. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x3)
- Buy fruit from local farmers. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x4)
- It's 9 o'clock local time. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x5)
- The local news talked about the flood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x6)
- Our local football team won the cup. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x7)
- It must therefore have been brought to Europe from the East and adapted to local conditions at Dort and Swaffham. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/#x8)

### note

Adverb: locally. Opposites: national, global, faraway. Local time is the time in that place, which can differ from another time zone. Pronounced LOH-kul.

### In the corpora

- [When grown-ups are ill, they usually see the GP, the family doctor at the local surgery.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/20-the-doctor-and-the-chemist/0/)
- [A local anaesthetic only numbs one part of the body, and the person stays awake.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/21-hospitals-operations-and-serious-illness/10/)
- [The council is the local government.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/2/)
- [Councillors are elected by local people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/4/)
- [The council is the local government that looks after roads, parks, bins, libraries and planning, run by elected councillors.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/33-neighbours-the-council-rules-and-fairness/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «local» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/L/local/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.