Antonyms for locale

Grammar : Noun

Spell : loh-kal, -kahl

Phonetic Transcription : loʊˈkæl, -ˈkɑl

Definition of locale

Origin : 1772, local, from French local, noun use of local (adj.), from Latin locus "place" (see locus). English spelling with -e (1816) probably is based on morale or else to indicate stress.
The word's right to exist depends upon the question whether the two indispensable words locality & scene give all the shades of meaning required, or whether something intermediate is useful. [Fowler]

noun setting

Example sentences :

In every case, the locale they describe was known to Merriman personally.
Extract from : « The Slave Of The Lamp » by Henry Seton Merriman

Such was the locale; to describe the company will be more difficult, but I will attempt it.
Extract from : « Percival Keene » by Frederick Marryat

Ah,” said the Doctor, “and changed the locale of the missing belt.
Extract from : « Glyn Severn's Schooldays » by George Manville Fenn

Attended another meeting at the 'Locale,' which was sweet and refreshing.
Extract from : « Eli and Sibyl Jones » by Rufus Matthew Jones

But the detachment had no intention of examining the locale of the country.
Extract from : « A Dialogue in Hades » by James Johnstone, chevalier de Johnstone

With a knife he drew a picture of the locale on the table cloth.
Extract from : « The Right of Way, Complete » by Gilbert Parker

They are supposed to be the termination of the nerves, and the locale of sensation.
Extract from : « Mind Amongst the Spindles » by Various

Things were looking serious; they walked back to the locale in silence.
Extract from : « The Street of Seven Stars » by Mary Roberts Rinehart

I knew the street not by name but by locale and I gave him this location.
Extract from : « Warren Commission (1 of 26): Hearings Vol. I (of 15) » by The President's Commission on the Assassination of President Kennedy

I'll first discover the locale of this worthy colonel—'Hydrabad Cottage' he calls it; good, eh?
Extract from : « The Confessions of Harry Lorrequer, Complete » by Charles James Lever (1806-1872)

Synonyms for locale

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