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
- 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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