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Foreign

noun
/ˈfɒɹən/
Word Frequency: 121.9

Definitions

1.nounA foreign person, particularly:
2.nounA foreign ship.
3.nounClipping of chamber foreign: an outhouse.
4.nounA foreign area, particularly:
5.nounShort for various phrases, including foreign language, foreign parts, and foreign service.
6.adjectiveLocated outside a country or place, especially one's own.
"He liked visiting foreign cities."
7.adjectiveOriginating 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."
8.adjectiveRelating to a different nation.
"foreign policy; foreign navies"
9.adjectiveNot characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
"foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species"
10.adjective(with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange.
"It was completely foreign to their way of thinking."
11.adjectiveHeld at a distance; excluded; exiled.
12.adjectiveFrom a different one of the states of the United States, as of a state of residence or incorporation.
13.adjectiveBelonging to a different organization, company etc.
"My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM."
14.adjectiveOutside, outdoors, outdoor.

Synonyms

chamber foreigninternationaloverseasextraneousalienfremdforeign-bornabroadextrinsicoutsideexoticestablished

Antonyms

domesticindigenousnative

Rhymes With

warrenarensporranthorongorhenmurrinrabbit warrenkorin
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