local

Pronunciation: ['lәukәl]

Average Rank: 1423

Source: ECDICT

a. 地方性的, 当地的, 局部的, 乡土的, 本地的 n. 当地居民, 本地新闻, 局部 [计] 本地的; 局部

n. public transport consisting of a bus or train that stops at all stations or stops
a. relating to or applicable to or concerned with the administration of a city or town or district rather than a larger area
a. of or belonging to or characteristic of a particular locality or neighborhood
a. affecting only a restricted part or area of the body

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Oxford 3000

Difficulty: BASIC

Exam Tags: gk cet4 cet6 ky ielts

Plural: locals

Word Frequency Rankings

#230

Formal, encyclopedic, and academic usage

Percentile: 97.7% (Top 97.7% most frequent)

97.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Wikipedia corpus

#1907

Conversational and colloquial usage

Percentile: 80.9% (Top 80.9% most frequent)

80.9%

Out of 10,000 words in the TV & Movie Scripts corpus

#2133

Classical and literary usage

Percentile: 78.7% (Top 78.7% most frequent)

78.7%

Out of 10,000 words in the Project Gutenberg corpus

This word appears in 3 corpus/corpora, showing its usage across academic, conversational, and literary contexts.

Usage pattern: Most frequent in Wikipedia, making it particularly important for that context.