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foreign definition
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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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