local government
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2.7
- noun
- /ˈloʊkəl ˈɡʌvərnmənt/
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gobierno local
- The local government has implemented new recycling programs to help reduce waste in the community.
- state and local government
- federal and local government
- local government officials
And it's something that has upset the local government here at at various points.
- And it's something that has upset the local government here at at various points.
- Individuals, small businesses, big businesses, hospitals, state and local governments, they all need help.
- We've seen some local governments act in complete disregard for public health.
- Such a tax might, in the long run, help local governments break their reliance on land sales.
- And these are women who hold very important positions in society and within local governments, you know, even today.
- But in the circumstances then were that five major banks lend to state owned enterprises and local governments with implied government guarantees.
- So we find people who are being harmed by their local governments and specific individual examples of this.
- He decided to quit his job in the private sector and take an unpaid internship in local government in the Bronx.
- And it's, it's necessary for local government to make sure there is space for everybody in the city.
- It's a big topic, but an awful lot of what gets done in this country is done by state and local governments.
- They work in the public sector, OK, they're in the civil servants, they're in local government, they're they're in, they're in universities.
- Because London was divided into a set of local governments that had, since the Middle Ages, authority over the air their domains.
Examples
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Local health improvement functions are to be transferred to local government, including ring-fenced funding being allocated from April 2013.
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And these are women who hold very important positions in society and within local governments, you know, even today.
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And it's something that has upset the local government here at at various points.
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And it's, it's necessary for local government to make sure there is space for everybody in the city.
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- We are working with the local government to bring her back home as soon as possible.
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Plus, I have to get the local government to give him permission or something to take him out.
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- He said the only way for that to happen is for the local government to make a specific request.
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We also see weak local government and weak central government.
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The strong support of the local government was perhaps 80% of the battle won.
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Individuals, small businesses, big businesses, hospitals, state and local governments, they all need help.
Synonyms
63
4.4
A town or city that has its own local government and the people who run it
51
3.4
A group that runs public services for a town or area
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3.7
A local group of people who run a city or town
Antonyms
802
3.2
A national government that shares power with state governments but keeps strong central power
How Powerful
1
6.7
1
6.9
101
2.7
88
2.4
16
3.5
Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'the official organization that governs a specific town, city, county, or district' is directly derivable from combining 'local' (of a particular area) with 'government' (the institutional system that governs). This modifier–head composition is a straightforward, cross-linguistic pattern, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the MWE.
Etymology
Local government comes from the simple picture of people who run a nearby place: local means the area close to you and government means the people who 'rule' or 'manage' that area. So local government is the organization that runs a town, city, or district rather than the whole country.