local
From or in a nearby locationFrom or in a nearby location.
» Tom works at a local hospital.
Tom arbeitet in einem örtlichen Krankenhaus.
Том работает в местной больнице.
Том працює у місцевій лікарні.
Meaning
12 sensesFrom or in a nearby location.
We prefer local produce.
lokal, örtlich
ме́стныйméstnyj, лока́льныйlokálʹnyj
місце́вийmiscévyj, туте́шнійtutéšnij, лока́льнийlokálʹnyj
Connected directly to a particular computer, processor, etc.; able to be accessed offline.
local disk drive
local file
Having limited scope (either lexical or dynamic); only accessible within a certain portion of a program.
лока́льныйlokálʹnyj, лока́льныйlokálʹnyj
Applying to or satisfied by substructures understood as "near points;" in particular:
(not comparable)Satisfied by at least one open neighborhood of every point.
A Hausdorff space satisfying local compactness need not be (globally) compact!
(not comparable)Satisfied by arbitrarily small open neighborhoods of every point.
(not comparable)Satisfied by every finitely generated subgroup.
Detectable from the behavior of substructures understood to be "near points;" in particular:
(not comparable)Such that the following conditions are equivalent: (1) P holds for R (M); (2) P holds for the localization R_p (M_p) for all prime ideals p of R; (3) P holds for the localization R_m (M_m) for all maximal ideals m of R.
Flatness is a local property.
(not comparable)Detectable from the behavior of the normalizers of the nontrivial p-subgroups.
Having a unique maximal (left) ideal.
Of or pertaining to a restricted part of an organism.
local lesion
The patient didn't want to be sedated, so we applied only local anesthesia.
ме́стныйméstnyj, лока́льныйlokálʹnyj
affecting only a restricted part or area of the body
Descended from an indigenous population.
Hawaiian Pidgin is spoken by the local population.
Exhibiting or pertaining to locality (adhering to the principle of locality).
Examples
928 sentencesTom works at a local hospital.
Том працює у місцевій лікарні.
ruТом работает в местной больнице.
deTom arbeitet in einem örtlichen Krankenhaus.
Tom worked at a local prison.
Том працював у місцевій в'язниці.
ruТом работал в местной тюрьме.
Tom is the owner of a local restaurant.
Том — власник місцевого ресторану.
Tom told me he checked out a book about Boston from the local library.
Том сказав мені, що він взяв у місцевій бібліотеці книжку про Бостон.
Tom works at a local restaurant.
Том працює у місцевому ресторані.
ruТом работает в местном ресторане.
deTom arbeitet in einem örtlichen Restaurant.
Translations
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Origin
From Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly alsoFrom Middle English local, from Late Latin locālis (“belonging to a place”), possibly also via Old French local; ultimately from Latin locus (“a place”).
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Forms
more local, most local| Comparative | more local Lesson |
|---|---|
| Superlative | most local Lesson |
regular
Synonyms
1 synonymsAntonyms
4 antonymsWord family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
2 lessons- A2Comparatives — Because it has a comparative form
- A2Superlatives — Because it has a superlative form
Collocations
11 patterns- at a local
- at the local
- the local library
- local library
- of the local
- local high school
- local newspaper
- local bar
- local hospital
- local high
- is a local