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hyperlocal

hyperlocal adjective: related to a very small area, smaller than normally considered local.

Adjective

hyperlocal (not comparable)

  1. (Internet) Related to a very small area, smaller than normally considered local.
    • Or, as Placeblogger.com, a Web site that promotes and tracks blogs with a hyperlocal focus, put it: “Placeblogs are about the lived experience of a community, some of which is news and some of which isn’t.”2007 July 8, Gregory Beyer, “Cracker-Barrel 2.0”, in New York Times
    • Each customized boutique location would be a one-of-a-kind representative for its neighborhood, allowing you to go out on the (home)town, then walk or bike back to your room […] .
      Everything about the experience would be hyperlocal. Dine at a neighborhood restaurant, hit the bar down the street...2010 September, Bill Keaggy, "STL Lo-tels", St. Louis magazine, ISSN 1090-5723, volume 16, issue 9, page 76

Origin of hyperlocal

From hyper- + local.

Words formed from hyperlocal

Questions about hyperlocal

What does hyperlocal mean?
Hyperlocal means related to a very small area, smaller than normally considered local.
What part of speech is hyperlocal?
Hyperlocal is an adjective.

Words near hyperlocal in the dictionary

  1. hyperlobular
  2. hyperlobularity
  3. hyperlobulated
  4. hyperlobulation
  5. hyperlobulations
  6. hyperlocal
  7. hyperlocalism
  8. hyperlocalization
  9. hyperlocalized
  10. hyperlocals
  11. hyperlocomotion

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