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for·eign  (fôrn, fr-)
adj.
1. Located away from one's native country: on business in a foreign city.
2. Of, characteristic of, or from a place or country other than the one being considered: a foreign custom.
3. Conducted or involved with other nations or governments; not domestic: foreign trade.
4. Situated in an abnormal or improper place in the body and typically introduced from outside: a foreign object in the eye.
5. Not natural; alien: Jealousy is foreign to her nature.
6. Not germane; irrelevant.
7. Subject to the jurisdiction of another political unit.

[Middle English forein, from Old French forain, from Late Latin fornus, on the outside, from Latin fors, outside; see dhwer- in Indo-European roots.]

foreign·ness n.
Synonyms: foreign, alien, exotic, strange
These adjectives mean of, from, or characteristic of another place or part of the world: a foreign accent; alien customs; exotic birds; moved to a strange city.

foreign
Adjective
1. of, located in, or coming from another country, area, or people
2. dealing or concerned with another country, area, or people: the Foreign Minister
3. not familiar; strange
4. in an abnormal place or position: a foreign body in the food [Latin foris outside]
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Adj.1.foreign - of concern to or concerning the affairs of other nations (other than your own); "foreign trade"; "a foreign office"
international - concerning or belonging to all or at least two or more nations; "international affairs"; "an international agreement"; "international waters"
domestic - of concern to or concerning the internal affairs of a nation; "domestic issues such as tax rate and highway construction"
2.foreign - relating to or originating in or characteristic of another place or part of the world; "foreign nations"; "a foreign accent"; "on business in a foreign city"
native - characteristic of or existing by virtue of geographic origin; "the native North American sugar maple"; "many native artists studied abroad"
3.foreign - not contained in or deriving from the essential nature of something; "an economic theory alien to the spirit of capitalism"; "the mysticism so foreign to the French mind and temper"; "jealousy is foreign to her nature"
extrinsic - not forming an essential part of a thing or arising or originating from the outside; "extrinsic evidence"; "an extrinsic feature of the new building"; "that style is something extrinsic to the subject"; "looking for extrinsic aid"
4.foreign - not belonging to that in which it is contained; introduced from an outside source; "water free of extraneous matter"; "foreign particles in milk"
adulterant, adulterating - making impure or corrupt by adding extraneous materials; "the adulterating effect of extraneous materials"

foreign
adjective 1. alien, overseas, exotic, unknown, outside, strange, imported, borrowed, remote, distant, external, unfamiliar, far off, outlandish, beyond your ken << OPPOSITE native
adjective 2. unassimilable, external, extraneous, outside
Translations
Spanish foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adjextranjero; [trade] → exterior
French foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adjétranger/ère; [trade] → extérieur(e); [travel] → à l'étranger
German foreign [ˈfɔrɪn] adjausländisch;
(holiday) → im Ausland;
(customs, appearance) → fremdartig;
(trade, policy) → Außen-;
(correspondent) → Auslands-;
(object, matter) → fremd;
goods from foreign countries/a foreign country → Waren aus dem Ausland

Italian foreign [ˈfɔrən] adjstraniero/a; [trade] → estero/a

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asked a Traveller from a Foreign Land of the first man he met in America.
But there was a foreign gentleman among them: whom Mr Podsnap had invited after much debate with himself--believing the whole European continent to be in mortal alliance against the young person--and there was a droll disposition, not only on the part of Mr Podsnap but of everybody else, to treat him as if he were a child who was hard of hearing.
The Foreign Office especially is ageing its men fast these few years.
 
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