foreign
/ˈfɒɹɪn/
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
- comparative
- more foreign
- superlative
- most foreign
Meanings
- 1
Located outside a country or place, especially one's own
They depended on foreign help.
Tatoeba · lasolaco · CC BY 2.0 FR
He has a foreign car.
Tatoeba · witbrock · CC BY 2.0 FR
- 2
Originating from, characteristic of, belonging to, or being a citizen of a country or place other than the one under discussion
- 3
Relating to a different nation
- 4
Not characteristic of or naturally taken in by an organism or systemrare
- 5
Alien; strange; uncharacteristicrare
- 6
Held at a distance; excluded; exiledrare
- 7
From a different legal jurisdiction (state, province), even if within the same countryrare
- 8
Belonging to a different organization, company etcrare
- 9
Outside, outdoors, outdoorrare