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1. (adj.) foreign
of, pertaining to, or derived from another country or nation:
foreign cars.
2. foreign
of or pertaining to contact or dealings with other countries:
foreign relations.
3. foreign
external to one's own country or nation:
a foreign country.
4. foreign
carried on abroad, or with other countries:
foreign trade.
5. foreign
belonging to or coming from another place.
6. foreign
of or pertaining to law outside the local jurisdiction.
7. foreign
of or pertaining to the jurisdiction of another state, nation etc.
8. foreign
not belonging to the place or body where found:
foreign matter in a chemical mixture.
9. foreign
not connected with the thing under consideration:
That topic is foreign to our discussion.
10. foreign
alien in character; irrelevant or inappropriate.
11. foreign
strange; unfamiliar.
Etymology: (1200–50; ME forein < OF forain, forein << L forās outside)
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Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (adj) foreign
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
"foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
2. (adj) foreign, strange
relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
"foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
3. (adj) alien, foreign
not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
"an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
4. (adj) extraneous, foreign
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
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1. (adjective) foreign
from or in another country
foreign workers; a foreign language; foreign currency
2. foreign
relating to other countries
foreign affairs/policy
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (adj) foreign
outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government
2. (adj) foreign
not native or belonging to a certain country; born in or belonging to another country, nation, sovereignty, or locality; as, a foreign language; foreign fruits
3. (adj) foreign
remote; distant; strange; not belonging; not connected; not pertaining or pertient; not appropriate; not harmonious; not agreeable; not congenial; -- with to or from; as, foreign to the purpose; foreign to one's nature
4. (adj) foreign
held at a distance; excluded; exiled
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Sense: belonging to a country other than one's own
a foreign passport.
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 Afrikaans: buitelands |
 Arabic: أجْنَبي |
 Bulgarian: чуждестранен |
 Brazilian: estrangeiro |
 Czech: cizozemský |
 German: ausländisch |
 Danish: udenlandsk |
 Greek: ξένος |
 Spanish: extranjero |
 Estonian: välismaine |
 Farsi: خارجی |
 Finnish: vierasmaalainen |
 French: étranger |
 Hebrew: זָר |
 Hindi: विदेशी |
 Croatian: inozeman, stran |
 Hungarian: külföldi |
 Indonesian: asing |
 Icelandic: erlendur |
 Italian: straniero |
 Japanese: 外国の |
 Korean: 외국의 |
 Lithuanian: užsieninis, užsienio |
 Latvian: ārzemju-; svešzemju-; ārl |
 Malay: asing |
 Dutch: buitenlands |
 Norwegian: utenlandsk, fremmed(-), u |
 Polish: zagraniczny, cudzoziemski |
 Persian: خارجی |
 Pashto: دباندينى، خارجى، ورچنى، پ |
 Portuguese: estrangeiro |
 Romanian: străin |
 Russian: иностранный;заграничный |
 Slovak: zahraničný |
 Slovenian: tuj |
 Serbian: inostran |
 Swedish: utländsk |
 Thai: เกี่ยวกับต่างประเทศ |
 Turkish: yabancı, ecnebi |
 Taiwanese: 外國的 |
 Ukrainian: іноземний; нетутешній |
 Urdu: غیر ملکی |
 Vietnamese: nước ngoài |
 Chinese: 外国的 |
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