foreign
/ˈfɒɹən/
Dictionary
noun
- A foreign person, particularly:
- A foreign ship.
- Clipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
- A foreign area, particularly:
- Short for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
Synonyms:chamber foreign
adjective
- Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.
"He liked visiting foreign cities."
- Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
"There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started."
- Relating to a different nation.
"foreign policy; foreign navies"
- Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
"foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species"
- (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
"It was completely foreign to their way of thinking."
- Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.
- From a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
- Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
"My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM."
- Outside, outdoors, outdoor.
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