Definitions for locality
loʊˈkæl ɪ tilo·cal·i·ty

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. vicinity, locality, neighborhood, neighbourhood, neck of the woodsnoun

   a surrounding or nearby region

   "the plane crashed in the vicinity of Asheville"; "it is a rugged locality"; "he always blames someone else in the immediate neighborhood"; "I will drop in on you the next time I am in this neck of the woods"

WiktionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 2 votes

1. localitynoun

   The fact or quality of having a position in space.

2. localitynoun

   The features or surroundings of a particular place.

3. localitynoun

   The situation or position of an object.

4. localitynoun

   An area or district considered as the site of certain activities; a neighbourhood.

5. Etymology: From Latin localitas.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Localitynoun

   Existence in place; relation of place, or distance.

   Etymology: from local.

   That the soul and angels are devoid of quantity and dimension, and that they have nothing to do with grosser locality, is generally opinioned. Joseph Glanvill, Scep.

ChatGPTRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. locality

   Locality generally refers to a surrounding or nearby area. It can be a geographical term used for a specific neighborhood, district, or region within a larger area, such as a city, town, or country. In more specialized contexts like physics, it can also refer to certain principles or rules that emphasize the limitations on how an object can influence its environment depending on its proximity.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:3.0 / 1 vote

1. Localitynoun

   the state, or condition, of belonging to a definite place, or of being contained within definite limits

2. Localitynoun

   position; situation; a place; a spot; esp., a geographical place or situation, as of a mineral or plant

3. Localitynoun

   limitation to a county, district, or place; as, locality of trial

4. Localitynoun

   the perceptive faculty concerned with the ability to remember the relative positions of places

5. Etymology: [L. localitas: cf. F. localit.]

Editors ContributionRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. locality

   The local area.

   The locality was delightful with its wildflower meadowns and wildflower verges.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

British National Corpus

1. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'locality' in Nouns Frequency: #2788

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Anagrams for locality »

1. coitally

How to pronounce locality?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say locality in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of locality in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of locality in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of locality in a Sentence

1. Jay Sekulow:

   The President must be allowed to execute The President official functions without fear that a State or locality will use criminal process to register their dissatisfaction with The President performance.

2. William Carlos Williams:

   By listening to his language of his locality the poet begins to learn his craft. It is his function to lift, by use of imagination and the language he hears, the material conditions and appearances of his environment to the sphere of the intelligence where they will have new currency.

3. Lakshminarayanan Subramanian:

   To the best of our knowledge, this system is the first to demonstrate ... that an accurate, locality-specific disease forecasting system can be built using call volume data from a public health hotline.

4. Jawad Abbasi:

   The innovative machines will help the government maintain a record of the exact quantity of clean drinking water being dispensed in a day in a specific locality, besides ensuring its quality.

5. Gene Sperling:

   If some states and localities can get this out efficiently and effectively, there's no reason every state and locality can't, there's simply no excuse, no place to hide for any state or locality that is failing to accelerate the emergency rental assistance fund.

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References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
   http://wordnetweb.princeton.edu/perl/webwn?s=locality
2. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Locality
3. ^ Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
   https://johnsonsdictionaryonline.com/views/search.php?term=locality
4. ^ ChatGPT
   https://chat.openai.com
5. ^ Webster Dictionary
   https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/locality
6. ^ Usage in printed sources
   https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=locality