foreign
[adjective]
Synonyms: alien, exotic, external, imported, remote, strange, unfamiliar, unknown

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Antonyms: native, germane
Contrasted words: applicable, apposite, apropos, material, pertinent, relevant, akin, alike, uniform
Related Words: incompatible, incongruous, inconsistent, inconsonant, distasteful, obnoxious, repellent, repugnant, accidental, adventitious

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

for‧eign S3 W1 /ˈfɒrən, ˈfɒrɪn $ ˈfɔː-, ˈfɑː-/ adjective
[Date: 1200-1300; Language: Old French; Origin: forein, from Latin foris 'outside']

1. from or relating to a country that is not your own:
foreign students
Can you speak any foreign languages?
the success of foreign companies in various industries
I thought she sounded foreign.
transactions in foreign currencies

2. [only before noun] involving or dealing with other countries Antonym : domestic:
America’s foreign policy
foreign investment/trade etc
Foreign competition provides consumers with a greater variety of goods.
our budget for foreign aid (=financial help to countries in need)
the Chinese Foreign Minister

3. be foreign to somebody formal
a) to seem strange to someone as the result of not being known or understood Synonym : be alien to somebody:
The language of finance is quite foreign to me.
b) to be not typical of someone’s usual character:
Aggression is completely foreign to his nature.

4. foreign body/matter/object formal a piece of dirt, glass, or other material that has got inside something, especially someone’s body, and that should not be there:
cells that are designed to attack and destroy foreign bodies
—foreignness noun [uncountable]

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

foreign
adj.
I. not coming from your own country
VERBS be, look, sound The name sounded foreign.
ADV. slightly a slightly foreign accent
distinctly He was a small man, distinctly foreign in appearance.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

foreign
II. foreign to sb: not typical of sb/not known to sb
VERBS be, feel, seem
ADV. very | completely, entirely, quite, totally, utterly This kind of behaviour is completely foreign to her.

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