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local oscillator |
local post office |
local road |
local street |
local time |
locale
| localisation
| localisation of function
| localisation principle
| localise
| localised
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locale
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Noun locale has 1 sense
CIDE DICTIONARY
locale, n. [F. local.].
- A place, spot, or location. [1913 Webster]
- A principle, practice, form of speech, or other thing of local use, or limited to a locality. [1913 Webster]
OXFORD DICTIONARY
locale, n. a scene or locality, esp. with reference to an event or occurrence taking place there.
Etymology
F local (n.) (as LOCAL), respelt to indicate stress: cf. MORALE
THESAURUS
locale
abode, agora, amphitheater, area, arena, athletic field, auditorium, back, backdrop, background, bear garden, bearings, bench mark, bowl, boxing ring, bull ring, campus, canvas, circus, cockpit, coliseum, colosseum, course, distance, district, emplacement, field, floor, forum, ground, gym, gymnasium, hall, hinterland, hippodrome, hole, latitude and longitude, lieu, lists, locality, location, locus, marketplace, mat, milieu, mise-en-scene, neighborhood, open forum, palaestra, parade ground, pinpoint, pit, place, placement, platform, point, position, precinct, prize ring, public square, purlieu, range, rear, region, ring, scene, scene of action, scenery, setting, site, situation, situs, sphere, spot, squared circle, stadium, stage, stage set, stage setting, stead, terrain, theater, tilting ground, tiltyard, venue, vicinage, vicinity, walk, whereabout, whereabouts, wrestling ringROGET THESAURUS
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Situation
N situation, position, locality, locale, status, latitude and longitude, footing, standing, standpoint, post, stage, aspect, attitude, posture, pose, environment, surroundings (location), circumjacence, place, site, station, seat, venue, whereabouts, ground, bearings, spot, topography, geography, chorography, map, situate, situated, local, topical, topographical, in situ, in loco, here and there, passim, hereabouts, thereabouts, whereabouts, in place, here, there, in such and such surroundings, in such and such environs, in such and such entourage, amidst such and such surroundings, amidst such and such environs, amidst such and such entourage.
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