local
US /ˈloʊkəl/
adjective Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày
Definition
relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The restaurant buys its vegetables from local farmers every morning.
Word Family
Synonyms
- regionalcharacteristic of a region
- communitya group of people living in a particular local area
- provincial(Roman Catholic Church) an official in charge of an ecclesiastical province acting under the superior general of a religious order
Collocations
- Easy local communitydescribing local community (public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops)
- Medium support local businessesto support local businesses, meaning to give moral or psychological support, aid, or courage to
- Hard comply with local municipal regulationsto act in accordance with rules regarding with local municipal regulations
- Very Hard steeped in rich local loreto steeped in rich local lore, meaning to devote (oneself) fully to
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