MEANING
The place where an event, activity, or narrative occurs.
Use it for
Narrative location; event placement; movement between settingsName the chosen site while supplying its particular character elsewhere.
Words that belong together
- urban locale
- unfamiliar locale
- locale of the story
On the page
The author changed the locale from a capital city to a border town.
A familiar locale made the unexpected encounter more unsettling.
Each chapter used a different locale to reveal another part of the trade network.
Nearby words
Related words
Word forms
- Base
- locale
Usage notes
Primary category: setting. More formal or writerly than place; identifies a site but does not itself specify its atmosphere. Distinct from local as an adjective or resident noun. Plural: locales. No other inflection applies to this noun.
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