What does foreign mean?
Definitions for foreign
ˈfɔr ɪn, ˈfɒr-for·eign
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word foreign.
Princeton's WordNet
foreignadjective
of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
"foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
foreign, strangeadjective
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"
alien, foreignadjective
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"
extraneous, foreignadjective
not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source
"water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
Wiktionary
foreignnoun
foreigner
Etymology: forein, from forain, from Vulgar Latin *, from foras, also spelled foris. Displaced native ellendish (from elelendisc, compare ellende, elland), eltheodish (from elþeodig, elþeodisc), and non-native peregrin (from peregrin).
foreignadjective
From a different country.
There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.
Etymology: forein, from forain, from Vulgar Latin *, from foras, also spelled foris. Displaced native ellendish (from elelendisc, compare ellende, elland), eltheodish (from elþeodig, elþeodisc), and non-native peregrin (from peregrin).
foreignadjective
belonging to a different culture.
Eating with chopsticks was a foreign concept to him.
Etymology: forein, from forain, from Vulgar Latin *, from foras, also spelled foris. Displaced native ellendish (from elelendisc, compare ellende, elland), eltheodish (from elþeodig, elþeodisc), and non-native peregrin (from peregrin).
foreignadjective
Of an object, etc, in a place where it does not belong.
foreign body
Etymology: forein, from forain, from Vulgar Latin *, from foras, also spelled foris. Displaced native ellendish (from elelendisc, compare ellende, elland), eltheodish (from elþeodig, elþeodisc), and non-native peregrin (from peregrin).
foreignadjective
From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
Etymology: forein, from forain, from Vulgar Latin *, from foras, also spelled foris. Displaced native ellendish (from elelendisc, compare ellende, elland), eltheodish (from elþeodig, elþeodisc), and non-native peregrin (from peregrin).
Webster Dictionary
Foreignadjective
outside; extraneous; separated; alien; as, a foreign country; a foreign government
Foreignadjective
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
Foreignadjective
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
Foreignadjective
held at a distance; excluded; exiled
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Foreign
for′in, adj. belonging to another country: from abroad: alien: not belonging to, unconnected: not appropriate.—adj. For′eign-built, built in a foreign country.—ns. For′eigner, a native of another country; For′eignness, the quality of being foreign: want of relation to something: remoteness. [O. Fr. forain—Low L. foraneus—L. foras, out of doors.]
Dictionary of Nautical Terms
foreign
Of another country or society; a word used adjectively, being joined with divers substantives in several senses.
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
foreign
Not of one’s country; not native; alien; from abroad.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'foreign' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #559
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'foreign' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2280
Adjectives Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'foreign' in Adjectives Frequency: #67
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of foreign in Chaldean Numerology is: 4
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of foreign in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2
Examples of foreign in a Sentence
The fall of Afghani against foreign currency is temporary and it is because of the situation that suddenly changed, it will come back to normal once the government system starts functioning.
Gone are the days where we allow foreign nationals to break our laws illegally, cross the southern border, and then we the people provide a legal defense at American taxpayers’ expense so they can remain here illegally.
We haven't needed to import a lot of gasoline whatsoever from foreign sources for over five years, so that's another indication that the gasoline market is pretty tight here and will remain tight until these major turnarounds get wrapped up.
FOX NEWS EXCLUSIVE : TEXTS REVEAL FBI CLASHED WITH DOJ OVER BIASED SOURCE IN FISA APPLICATION USED TO SURVEIL TRUMP AIDE Other individuals included in the House GOPs request for information were former FBI Director James Comey, then-Special Agent Peter Strzok, and senior DOJ official Bruce Ohr -- who became a back channel between Christopher Steele and the FBI, after Christopher Steele was fired by the bureau on the eve of the 2016 presidential election over Christopher Steele contacts with the media. The answer from DOJ was, Were working on this -- kicking the can down the road was a constant theme, one source explained. On Thursday, Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz, speaking during a panel discussion in Washington, D.C., confirmed that Michael Horowitz office is continuing to probe potential Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act( FISA) abuses. Former FBI director James Comey speaks during the Canada 2020 Conference in Ottawa on Tuesday, June 5, 2018. ( Justin Tang/The Canadian Press via AP) We have a FISA-related review that people might have heard about that the deputy attorney general asked us to take a look at, but Im not going to dwell on that.
James Scott, Senior Fellow, Institute for Critical Infrastructure Technology:
Look at the stealth and sophistication of foreign nation state APTs who break through even the most sophisticated layers of security daily and tell me why they would just give our completely unprotected election systems a pass
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