Meaning

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

Definitions by Sense

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

Example Sentences

foreign markets; foreign soil

He liked visiting foreign cities.

foreign car; foreign word; foreign citizen; foreign trade

There are many more foreign students in Europe since the Erasmus scheme started.

The cane was undoubtedly of foreign make, for it had a solid silver ferrule at one end, which was not English hall–marked.

Foreign companies love to complain about doing business in China.[…]Amid such moans it is worth remembering that, for all the barriers that foreign multinationals face in China, it has welcomed them with open arms compared with the protectionism imposed by Japan and South Korea at comparable stages in their economic development.

foreign policy; foreign navies

Plus, the Department of Justice has argued in the past that SGEs are subject to the emoluments clause, which means they cannot take payments from foreign governments.

Word Forms

• more foreign
• most foreign
• forane
• forraine
• foreigns

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