Collocations for "local"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "local" in context.
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local
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.adj
- at the local [bar, post office, supermarket]
- the local [fair, market]
- a local [tribe, ritual, custom]
- local [government, politicians]
- local businesses are [supporting, suffering, paying]
- local authorities have [investigated, issued, denied]
- local homes were [flooded, damaged, cut off]
- the local time is
- dialing a local number
- local [amenities, facilities]
- the local team [won, lost]
- part of a local community
- in the local area
- on local issues
- [on, by] the local news
- the local [newspaper, paper, radio station]
- has (the) local knowledge
- is a local [expression, dialect, saying, word]
- on a local (and state) level
- local or [national, international]
- is local to [me, London]
- local [anesthesia, anesthetic]
- a local anesthetic cream, gel, formulation]
- [encouraged, urged, better] to buy local
- [friendly, welcoming, helpful, kind, warm, hostile, cold] locals
- [loved, revered, hated, respected] by locals
- what do the locals think about the [news, tourists]?
- ask the locals for their [views, opinions, thoughts]
- the locals are (very) [friendly]
- the locals are apprehensive about [newcomers, tourists, foreigners, big business]
- the locals don't [like, welcome, take well to] newcomers
- the streets were full of locals and [tourists, visitors]
- [travel, eat] like a local
- catch the local into [town, the center]
- UK: this (pub) is my local
- UK: went for [lunch, a drink] at his local
'local' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
active
- administrative
- archive
- authority
- bakery
- bar
- bartender
- beat
- beggar
- board
- business
- businessman
- buy
- café
- campus
- canteen
- celebration
- celebrity
- chapter
- charity
- check
- chemist
- chief
- choir
- church
- cinema
- citizen
- client
- climate
- collaboration
- college
- combination
- commissioner
- common
- community
- competition
- complaint
- compose
- comprehensive
- conflict
- consumer
- contingent
- contractor
- cooperation
- cop
- copper
- council
- courier
- covenant
- coverage