American English pronunciation
How to pronounce locals
IPA transcription: ['loʊkəlz]
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Noun
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public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
“the local seemed to take forever to get to New York”
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anesthetic that numbs a particular area of the body
Usage examples
- This area is known by locals as the "Golden Strip".
- Its post office services locals with lock boxes and rural routes.
- The restaurant attracts a clientele that ranges from Harlem locals to visiting celebrities.
- Several locals were offered a chance to be unpaid "extras".
- The locals had the advantage of knowing the secure path through the marsh.
- This proposal attracted criticism from locals.
- The locals then began to call the community Guinea Grass after the imported grass.
- Metheringham is known to locals as "Meg".
- The company was known to locals as The Kerner Company.
- The name "Selinitsa" is still used by many locals.