Definitions

1. adjective

of or relating to a particular place or region

“The local bakery made delicious pastries.”

2. noun

a person who lives in a particular place or region

“The local resident reported a strange noise.”

3. noun

a television or radio station that broadcasts programs to a particular area

“We watched the local news on TV.”

4. adverb

in or to a particular place or region

“The tourists went local and tried the street food.”

5. noun

a type of software that is installed and managed on a specific computer or network

“The company used a local database to store customer information.”

6. noun

a variable in a computer program that represents a value that is specific to the current program or user

“The programmer used a local variable to store the user’s name.”