foreign

 
  Grep  of  noun  foreign 
  foreign  agent 
  foreign  aid 
  foreign  bill 
  foreign  draft 
  foreign  exchange 
  foreign  minister 
  foreign  mission 
  foreign  office 
  foreign  policy 
  foreign  service 
  foreigner 
  foreignness 
  french  foreign  office 
  veterans  of  foreign  wars 
 
  Overview  of  adj  foreign 
 
  The  adj  foreign  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (21)  foreign  --  (of  concern  to  or  concerning  the  affairs  of  other  nations  (other  than  your  own);  "foreign  trade";  "a  foreign  office") 
  2.  (10)  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") 
  3.  (4)  alien,  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") 
  4.  (1)  extraneous,  foreign  --  (not  belonging  to  that  in  which  it  is  contained;  introduced  from  an  outside  source;  "water  free  of  extraneous  matter";  "foreign  particles  in  milk") 
 
  Antonyms  of  adj  foreign 
 
  4  senses  of  foreign 
 
  Sense  1 
  foreign  (vs.  domestic) 
 
  domestic  (vs.  foreign) 
  =>  home(postnominal),  interior(postnominal),  internal,  national 
  =>  municipal 
 
  Sense  2 
  foreign  (vs.  native) 
 
  native  (vs.  foreign) 
  =>  autochthonal,  autochthonic,  autochthonous,  endemic,  indigenous 
  =>  domestic 
  =>  homegrown 
  =>  native-born 
 
  Sense  3 
  alien,  foreign 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  extrinsic)  ->  intrinsic,  intrinsical 
 
  Sense  4 
  extraneous,  foreign 
 
  INDIRECT  (VIA  adulterating)  ->  purifying 
 
  Similarity  of  adj  foreign 
 
  4  senses  of  foreign 
 
  Sense  1 
  foreign  (vs.  domestic) 
  =>  abroad,  overseas 
  =>  external,  international,  outside(postnominal) 
  Also  See->  international#1 
 
  Sense  2 
  foreign  (vs.  native) 
  =>  adventive 
  =>  alien,  exotic,  strange 
  =>  established,  naturalized 
  =>  foreign-born,  nonnative 
  =>  imported 
  =>  nonnative 
  =>  tramontane 
  =>  unnaturalized,  unnaturalised 
 
  Sense  3 
  alien,  foreign 
  =>  extrinsic  (vs.  intrinsic) 
 
  Sense  4 
  extraneous,  foreign 
  =>  adulterating  (vs.  purifying),  adulterant 
 
  Attributes  of  adj  foreign 
 
  1  of  4  senses  of  foreign 
 
  Sense  2 
  foreign  (vs.  native) 
  =>  foreignness,  strangeness,  curiousness 
  =>  unfamiliarity,  strangeness 
 
  Familiarity  of  adj  foreign 
 
  foreign  used  as  an  adjective  is  uncommon  (polysemy  count  =  4) 
 
  Grep  of  adj  foreign 
  foreign 
  foreign-born 
 
  Overview  of  adj  foreign 
 
  The  adj  foreign  has  4  senses  (first  4  from  tagged  texts) 
 
  1.  (21)  foreign  --  (of  concern  to  or  concerning  the  affairs  of  other  nations  (other  than  your  own);  "foreign  trade";  "a  foreign  office") 
  2.  (10)  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") 
  3.  (4)  alien,  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") 
  4.  (1)  extraneous,  foreign  --  (not  belonging  to  that  in  which  it  is  contained;  introduced  from  an  outside  source;  "water  free  of  extraneous  matter";  "foreign  particles  in  milk") 

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