Foreign

Quick meaning: Foreign is an adjective meaning Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

Meaning

Located outside a country or place, especially one's own.

More Meanings

1. Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion.
2. Relating to a different nation.
3. Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system.
4. (with to, formerly with from) Alien; strange; uncharacteristic.
5. (US, Canada, law) From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same country.
6. Belonging to a different organization, company etc.
7. (obsolete) Held at a distance; excluded; exiled.

Example Sentences

foreign markets; foreign soil

foreign policy; foreign navies

He liked visiting foreign cities.

foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade

Word Forms

• forane
• forraine
• foreigns

Synonyms for foreign

Depending on context, synonyms include overseas, international, alien, fremd, extraneous, acquired.

Antonyms for foreign

Common opposites include domestic, native, indigenous, innate, natural.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include foreign-born, abroad, extraneous, extrinsic, outside, exotic.

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