HyperDic: foreign

English > 4 senses of the word *foreign*:
ADJECTIVE	all	foreign	of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own)
	all	foreign, strange	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world
	all	foreign, alien	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something
	all	foreign, extraneous	not belonging to that in which it is contained

foreign > pronunciation
Sounds	faa'rahn; fao'rahn
Rhymes	Aachen ... Zukerman: 2572 rhymes with ahn...

English > *foreign*: 4 senses > adjective 1
Meaning	Of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own).
Examples	"foreign trade" "a foreign office"
Narrower	abroad, overseas	In a foreign country
Narrower	external, international, outside	From or between other countries
See also	international	Concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations
Opposite	domestic	Of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation
Spanish	exterior, extranjero
Catalan	estranger, exterior

English > *foreign*: 4 senses > adjective 2
Meaning	relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world.
Examples	"foreign nations" "a foreign accent" "on business in a foreign city"
Synonym	strange
Attribute of	foreignness, strangeness, curiousness	The quality of being alien or not native
Attribute of	unfamiliarity, strangeness	unusualness as a consequence of not being well known
Narrower	adventive	not native and not fully established
	alien, exotic	Being or from or characteristic of another place or part of the world
	established, naturalized	introduced from another region and persisting without cultivation
	foreign-born, nonnative	Of persons born in another area or country than that lived in
	imported	Used of especially merchandise brought from a foreign source
	nonnative	Of plants or animals originating in a part of the world other than where they are growing
	tramontane	Being or coming from another country
	unnaturalized, unnaturalised	not having acquired citizenship
See also	unfamiliar	not known or well known
Opposite	native	Characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin
Spanish	extranjero, extraño, foráneo, forastero
Catalan	estranger, estrangera, estrany, forà, foraster, forastera

English > *foreign*: 4 senses > adjective 3
Meaning	not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something.
Examples	"the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper" "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
Synonym	alien
Broader	extrinsic	not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside
Spanish	ajeno, extrínseco
Catalan	aliè, extrínsec
Nouns	foreignness	the quality of being alien or not native

English > *foreign*: 4 senses > adjective 4
Meaning	not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source.
Example	"foreign particles in milk"
Synonym	extraneous
Broader	adulterating, adulterant	making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials
Spanish	ajeno, extraño
Catalan	estrany

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