English- translations for foreign

Definition of foreign

  • Located outside a country or place, especially one's own
  • Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion
  • Relating to a different nation
  • Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or system
  • Alien; strange
  • 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
  • Outside, outdoors, outdoor
  • A foreign person, ''particularly:''
  • A foreign ship
  • A foreign area, ''particularly''
  • Short for various phrases, including''''foreign language''', '''foreign parts''', ''and''''foreign service'

Examples

  • 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
  • foreign policy; foreign navies
  • foreign body; foreign substance; foreign gene; foreign species
  • It was completely foreign to their way of thinking.
  • My bank charges me $2.50 every time I use a foreign ATM

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